Today many Kopete users were faced with an error when they tried to login to the ICQ network. The reported error was that the ICQ version is too old. Bug #165502 describes the problem and Jan provides a workaround in a comment: add the following files to the file ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc:
[ICQVersion] Build=0x17AB ClientId=0x010A ClientString=ICQ Client Country=us Lang=en Major=0x0006 Minor=0x0000 Other=0x00007535 Point=0x0000
There have been numerous reports that the fix works on current Kopete versions. Thanks for the fix, Jan!
Additionally the kopete team has updated a ICQ version file which is online and which kopete fetches automatically at startup. This should also fix the problem, without the need to edit or update anything!
July 1, 2008 at 21:08
No workarounds should be needed now, the problem has been solved by updating the online version info file. No software update should be required either.
July 1, 2008 at 21:18
Kopete 3.5.9 works fine for me without fix – but perhaps it’s dependant on if and what gentoo patched into it
my config – hope there’s nothing wrong with it
[ICQVersion]
Build=6059
ClientId=266
ClientString=ICQ Client
Country=us
Lang=en
Major=6
Minor=0
Other=30005
Point=0
thanks for sharing the bugfix, I would have been lost, if my brother hadn’t warned me to not log out of licq before testing another client
July 1, 2008 at 21:32
Patch works fine for me, thank you very much!
(Kubuntu 8.04 with KDE 3.5.9)
July 1, 2008 at 21:33
works for 3.5.8 either
July 1, 2008 at 21:53
works greate here, too with kde 3.59 and gentoo.
July 1, 2008 at 22:24
This will be fixed in kdenetwork-3.5.9-3.fc8 for Fedora 8. KDE 4 already uses a version number which the ICQ servers accept, so Fedora 9 is not affected.
July 2, 2008 at 5:21
It works fine for my system with KDE 3.5.9 and Kopete Version 0.12.7
Thanks a lot!
July 2, 2008 at 8:25
Just checked and it seems to work again even without the fix.
July 2, 2008 at 11:33
According to the upstream bug report, Kopete can automatically fetch current version information from a site controlled by upstream Kopete when the ICQ server rejects the connection.
But in any case, the Fedora kdenetwork package has been updated.
July 2, 2008 at 20:19
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September 6, 2008 at 6:17
Hello
I got another message when trying to login my icq.
It did not accept my email or password or the icq number.
Does not let me log in and see my contacts.
Have ICQ ver-6.
An icq member for more then 10 years with same number, email and password…
Can someone help me??
Thanks, Leah from Canada
September 6, 2008 at 13:36
Leah, please understand that this is a place dedicated to Linux and/or the usage of Free Software. ICQ-problems with the ICQ-specific software should be discussed in the ICQ forums.