[Pidgin] #8946: GoogleTalk - Could not establish a connection with the server: Connection timed out.

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#8946: GoogleTalk - Could not establish a connection with the server: Connection
timed out.
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 Reporter:  ils2222               |        Owner:  seanegan   
     Type:  defect                |       Status:  closed     
Milestone:                        |    Component:  Google Talk
  Version:  2.5.5                 |   Resolution:  invalid    
 Keywords:  Connection timed out  |  
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Changes (by rekkanoryo):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Old description:

> Hi, whenever I try to connect to GoogleTalk I get the following... can
> you help please?
>
> (14:17:39) account: Connecting to account ianlaytonsmith at gmail.com/
> (14:17:39) connection: Connecting. gc = 03C67AC0
> (14:17:39) dnssrv: querying SRV record for _xmpp-client._tcp.gmail.com
> (14:17:39) dnssrv: Couldn't look up SRV record. No records found for
> given DNS query. (9501).
> (14:17:39) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for gmail.com
> (14:17:39) dnsquery: IP resolved for gmail.com
> (14:17:39) proxy: Attempting connection to 209.85.171.83
> (14:17:39) proxy: Connecting to gmail.com:5222 with no proxy
> (14:17:39) proxy: Connection in progress
> (14:17:44) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory
> C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple
> (14:17:44) util: Writing file
> C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml
> (14:18:00) proxy: Connecting to gmail.com:5222.
> (14:18:00) proxy: Error connecting to gmail.com:5222 (Connection timed
> out.).
> (14:18:00) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection timed out.
> (14:18:00) account: Disconnecting account 046A79E0
> (14:18:00) connection: Disconnecting connection 03C67AC0
> (14:18:00) connection: Destroying connection 03C67AC0
> (14:18:05) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory
> C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple
> (14:18:05) util: Writing file
> C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml

New description:

 Hi, whenever I try to connect to GoogleTalk I get the following... can you
 help please?

 {{{
 (14:17:39) account: Connecting to account ianlaytonsmith at gmail.com/
 (14:17:39) connection: Connecting. gc = 03C67AC0
 (14:17:39) dnssrv: querying SRV record for _xmpp-client._tcp.gmail.com
 (14:17:39) dnssrv: Couldn't look up SRV record. No records found for given
 DNS query. (9501).
 (14:17:39) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for gmail.com
 (14:17:39) dnsquery: IP resolved for gmail.com
 (14:17:39) proxy: Attempting connection to 209.85.171.83
 (14:17:39) proxy: Connecting to gmail.com:5222 with no proxy
 (14:17:39) proxy: Connection in progress
 (14:17:44) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory
 C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple
 (14:17:44) util: Writing file
 C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml
 (14:18:00) proxy: Connecting to gmail.com:5222.
 (14:18:00) proxy: Error connecting to gmail.com:5222 (Connection timed
 out.).
 (14:18:00) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection timed out.
 (14:18:00) account: Disconnecting account 046A79E0
 (14:18:00) connection: Disconnecting connection 03C67AC0
 (14:18:00) connection: Destroying connection 03C67AC0
 (14:18:05) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory
 C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple
 (14:18:05) util: Writing file
 C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml
 }}}

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Comment:

 Your DNS server isn't answering queries for SRV records.  Edit your
 account and on the Advanced tab set the connect server to talk.google.com.

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