[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#679131: kmess: "network connection lost" error after getting contact list

[Andreas Gustavsson]

Package: kmess
Version: 2.0.3-2
Severity: important

After authenticating (successfully) with the messenger server and fetching the 
contact list, kmess gives the error "network connection lost" and logs out
(and then tries to log in again) before the contact list is shown.

Running kmess from the terminal gives the output:
11.176> kmess(6953) RoamingService::updateProfile: Missing profileResourceId, not updating profile 
11.177> kmess(6953) RoamingService::updateProfile: Missing profileResourceId, not updating profile 
11.414> kmess(6953) MsnNotificationConnection::slotError: MSN Notification Connection error type 4 : "The remote host closed the connection"

I expect this bug to be related to changes in the messaging protocol and that 
it has been solved in the latest version (2.0.6.1-2) of kmess, available in 
Wheezy (testing). At least that is what some googleing suggests. I have not 
confirmed this though, since I do not wish to install the testing version of 
libqtcore4 in my Squeeze system.

The connection problem also occurs in kopete, which connects to the messenger
server using the API found in the package libmsn0.3. More on the problems of 
libmsn0.3 can be found in bug #659555.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kmess depends on:
ii  kdebase-runtime    4:4.4.5-1             runtime components from the offici
ii  libc6              2.11.3-3              Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1            1:4.4.5-8             GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt11        1.4.5-2               LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgif4            4.1.6-9               library for GIF images (library)
ii  libkdecore5        4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the KDE Platform Core Library
ii  libkdeui5          4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii  libkhtml5          4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the KHTML Web Content Rendering En
ii  libkio5            4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii  libkjsapi4         4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the KJS API Library for the KDE De
ii  libknewstuff2-4    4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the "Get Hot New Stuff" v2 Library
ii  libknotifyconfig4  4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    library for configuring KDE Notifi
ii  libkonq5           4:4.4.5-2             core libraries for Konqueror
ii  libkparts4         4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    the Framework for the KDE Platform
ii  libphonon4         4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1  the core library of the Phonon mul
ii  libqca2-plugin-oss 0.1~20070904-4        QCA OSSL plugin for libqca2
ii  libqt4-dbus        4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-network     4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 network module
ii  libqt4-svg         4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqt4-test        4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 test module
ii  libqt4-xml         4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4         4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4          4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1    Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsolid4          4:4.4.5-2+squeeze3    Solid Library for KDE Platform
ii  libstdc++6         4.4.5-8               The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6           2:1.3.3-4             X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2            2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze4 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1         1.1.26-6              XSLT 1.0 processing library - runt
ii  libxss1            1:1.2.0-2             X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii  phonon             4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1  metapackage for the Phonon multime

kmess recommends no packages.

Versions of packages kmess suggests:
ii  konqueror                     4:4.4.5-2  advanced file manager, web browser

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