Pidgin (earlier Gaim) is a multiple protocol Instant Messenger client which can be used to chat using MSN, Yahoo, AIM and many other protocols. But most people do not know that you can use Pidgin to chat with Google Talk users.
Pidgin supports a protocol called XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol). XMPP is the core protocol of the Jabber protocol and GTalk is also based on the Jabber protocol. So it is quite easy to make Pidgin to work with GTalk.
How to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk
- Download & Install the latest version of Pidgin.
- Open Pidgin and go to Add / Edit Account window of Pidgin.
- From the drop-down box choose XMPP as the Protocol.
- For the Screen name enter your Google Id (Gmail Id). eg. manast86
- For Server enter gmail.com
- You can leave the Resource with the default �Home�.
- In the Password field enter your Google ID password.
- Enter Local alias as whatever you want to.
That�s it. Now you can start chatting with your GTalk buddies using Pidgin while keeping in touch with users of other IM users also. Now, who needs separate YIM and GTalk instant messengers open. 
Update 15 / 05 / 07
Troubleshooting (Suggested by Charlie in comments) - Some readers have reported that they are getting “Connect Error” when saving the account. If you get the same error, try going to the advanced tab and enter the following settings…
Force old (port 5223) SSL: Checked
Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams: Un-Checked
Connect Port: 443
Connect Server: talk.google.com
Proxy type: Use Global Proxy Settings
Hope it works now. 
208 comments ↓
Is this Linux you’re using Pidgin on? If so, what theme is that that looks like OS X?
Hi Ken !
Na, I was using Windows when taking this screenshot…
[...] Pidgin supports a protocol called XMPP and GTalk is also based on it.So it is quite easy to make Pidgin to work with GTalk.here is the way that Manas details how to chat using the Google Talk protocol with Pidgin. [...]
Thanks Manas. I just installed Pidgin after having used Gaim for several years but I didn’t know I could configure my GTalk account here as well. Hooray for consolidation!
Jon
Hi Jon !
Glad to have helped you out.. Pidgin rocks.
[...] the link to add Google Talk to the list of protocols you chat on with Pidgin. —Gina Trapani How to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk [...]
I believe you also need to specify talk.google.com as the connect server in the advanced tab, or at least you used to have to do that.
-A
I keep getting a read error
Hi Adam … Hmm, Pidgin does not require you to do this anymore..
@ anon - What kind of read error ?
I tried to follow your instruction but it’s not working. I wonder why? Can anyone give me idea how to resolve this issue? Thanks.
[...] the link to add Google Talk to the list of protocols you chat on with Pidgin. —Gina Trapani How to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk [...]
I am getting errors too.
First I tried to just “Save” the settings and I get an error saying it can’t connect to my account. Then I tried to “Register” and it said “Couldn’t connect to host”. I also trie the above mentioned talk.google.com in the Advanced tab and that didn’t seem to do anything at all.
Is it possible that this could be a Firewall issue and that I might ened to edit more on the advanced tab?
Suggestions?
I get the same error as Diesel. Is that Firewall related?
[...] the link to add Google Talk to the list of protocols you chat on with Pidgin. —Gina Trapani How to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk [...]
Connect error here too. Strange and sad because I would really like to use GTalk over Pidgin.
try going to the advanced tab, checking “allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams”, putting 5222 as your connect port, and talk.google.com as your connect server. for proxy type, i used “use environmental settings”.
this setup solved those errors for me.
Make sure you’re using Pidgin 2.0.0, not the beta. I couldn’t get GTalk to work with the beta, but when I enabled the update notification plugin, and went to http://www.pidgin.im to download the release version, magically it worked. I backed out of everything and did a clean account add, no screwing with the advanced tab, FYI.
hmm… Still no good I am afraid. Guess I still have to use the normal GTalk client.
For whom the steps mentioned are not working, try the Troubleshooting tips at the end of the post and & as Pierce suggested update to the final Pidgin 2.
Nope… still no good and I tried all kinds of combinations now.
I guess the company I work for has too strict firewall rules (MSN won’t connect either). It is just strange since my normal GTalk client has no problems.
It works fine with Gaim/Pidgin.
Don’t suppose you know how to get Skype Chat on Pidgin as well do you?
@ Troels - You may be right. There must be firewall restrictions.
@ anon - Glad to know it works. I have no idea if Skype chat is possible. If I find something I will tell.
didn’t work for me either
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I get the message “not authorized” when I try to connect. I’ve tried the tips listed at the bottom, and I am using v2.0.0. Does anybody have any idea why?
Failed to work for me too. Just like Troels, I tried all the options and nothing worked. Is it because I am using it on linux. Just check with our network adimin, nothing to do with the firewall. No other option available for linux user? Don’t like email one……. need something like this plsease…. just for more information this is the error I get when I use the method given above and the troubleshooting comment.
Server requires TLS/SSL for login. No TLS/SSL support found
Can’t get it to connect to gtalk here over XP. MSN account works… Tried everything with no luck..
Just trying to use this to replace msn + gtalk for just one program.
Same results… Not Authorized…. Win XP, Pidgeo 2.0.0, However, installed google Talk on same system with same user ID / Password and _it_ connects fine.
Any ideas?
Did you all try to use the “Advanced Options” while configuring the accounts ?
Even after setting up the advanced setting i am not able to connect to the gmail account by pidgin.It gives me an error not able to connect to the host.
I was having the same problems, but once I clicked the “Enabled” checkbox in the add/edit connections box, it turned on fine.
Thanks for the tip Drokliss… I will update the post with this.
Thanks a lot for this. I had the connect error, and tried everything (almost). The tip to check “Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams” finally solved it!
Glad to know it works for you.
I think I have figured out the issue here… at least it worked for me…
I was able to use Yahoo, MSN, GTalk all on my work computer, but could not get Pidgin to work with GTalk. By scanning the ports, I was able to figure out that the GTalk app uses port 443… so.. I changed the advanced tab to these settings.
Force old (port 5223) SSL: Checked
Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams: Un-Checked
Connect Port: 443
Connect Server: talk.google.com
Proxy type: Use Global Proxy Settings
Thanks for the tips Charlie… Updated the post..
Thanks a lot!! works like a charm now! thanks charlie!
Glad to know Charlie’s tips work. Hope it works for others too.
it worked, but i can’t add people. i am talking to one person within gmail, but when i add them in pidgin under the gtalk account - it says they are offline.
Hmm… I don’t have this problem… Anywayz I have linked my Orkut account to GTalk. So I rarely need to add people manually.
Yay!!! Charlie’s tip worked great for me - no other tips I found anywhere else did. Thanks so much!
Glad to know Charlie’s tips work.
Thanks Charlie, I did an Ethereal trace and noticed that what Pidgin was doing to connect to Google Talk was completely different to what the official client was doing but didn’t know what to do about it. Your instructions fixed my problem too! In case anyone cares, I’m using Pidgin 2.0.1 on Windows and am connecting through a Squid proxy.
recently i have created orkut account and linked it with google talk. today i have downloaded pidgin 2.0.0. when i have gone thorough all the steps given by you i am unable to connect to google talk. i don’t have gmail email ID. my login id for orkut is something@example.com. i have created another username for google talk, just say “kjsanlnlsan”. can u please in detail instructions for configuring pidgin.
You need to create get the corresponding GTalk user name for using GTalk. I have no info on this. Sorry.
Will tell you if I find anything.
I have tried ALL of the above, matter of fact, I don’t belive there is a combo I haven’t tried on the “Advanced” tab. I gat AIM and MSN, but no GT…..Can anyone offer any suggestions? TIA
Gary I really suggest you should try the Advanced tab options. That solved the problem for a lot of people.
That’s what I did, I have tried every combination of tab settings, I did the port change to 443, I unchecked this…checked that, changed from “global” to “environmental”. I have tried ALL, I REPEAT, ALL of the above! Any other suggestions.
Strange, then I can’t help you. I am sorry. May be its some firewall at work.
No, turned it off, but thx a lot!
Thanks, this worked for me!
Welcome…
Port 443 allowed me to connect, but it says users are offline and it doesn’t download all my contacts
Strange … Try upgrading to Pidgin 2.0.1
JJJ’s fixe worked for me
Cool …
I’m connected, and didn’t have much trouble doing so, but I can’t seem to send authorization requests via Pidgin (2.0.2). I can receive them, but not send them.
I tend to use my own account as a test, and as a quick check to see which accounts are on-line (I have a “self” group with all of my accounts in it). I’ve tried re-sending myself authorization requests over and over, to no avail. I also tried sending a friend a number of authorization requests, and she saw none of them. I couldn’t get her on-line status until she sent me a request (and then she appeared twice on my buddy list)
For linux users that hav a problem with pidgin and Google talk. Here is solution:
You need NSS
Download NSS & NSPR source from here: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_9_2_RTM/src/nss-3.9.2.tar.gz
Install NSS:
cd nss-3.9.2/mozilla/security/nss
make nss_build_all
make install
mkdir -p /usr/lib
mkdir -p /usr/include/nspr
find ../../dist/*/lib -type l \
\( -name “*.so” -o -name “*.chk” \) \
-exec cp -L {} /usr/lib \;
cp -Lr ../../dist/public/* /usr/include
cp -Lr ../../dist/*/include/* /usr/include/nspr
Configure and install pidgin
./configure –prefix=/usr \
–with-nss-includes=/usr/include/nss \
–with-nspr-includes=/usr/include/nspr \
–with-nss-libs=/usr/lib \
–with-nspr-libs=/usr/lib
make
make install
This works for me!
If you are getting ‘not authorized’ when following any number of combinations for configuration, it may be as simple as you are pressing ‘REGISTER’ instead of save and ticking the ‘ENABLED’ checkbox.
This silly mistake wasted several hours of my time and had I known that you only click ‘REGISTER’ to try to register/create a new account with the target server on your first connect, I never would have done that.
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1341
Thanks to Joe Chapman for this clever coment.
I wasted minutes instead of hours thanks to him.
Joe Chapman’s “Save” not “Register” worked to solve my “Not Authorized” problem. First, I deleted the account and started over using the default settings and then clicked “Save” However, I am having the same problem other people have posted about all contacts showing up offline.
Thanks for all the tips! You are making this post better every day.
Have any one configured Pidgin to work for yahoo?
I am trying, but it fails, saying Windows Socket error 100060.
Please help me.
Hmm… Amit I am also using Pidgin for Yahoo!.. I do not receive any such errors.
I tried configuring gtalk for pidgin but i am getting a error
Windows Socket error #10061
Can anyone help me out
Thanks in advance
when i am trying to connect i get this error message
SSL Handshake Failed
can anyone please help me what is this error message or do i need to use any proxy for this..
This site really helps with seting up pidgin with google talk.
This site really helps with setting up google talk with pidgin.
this site is really help full.
Whoa, looks like you really love my blog.
[...] to GTalk, probably because it goes through a proxy server. However, I found a fix online today via manast.com. Basically, go to the advanced tab and [...]
I am trying to set up pidgin and google talk. I have all o the above. i get connect failed error. any suggestions
well, i had my problem with pidgin and gmail, too. You only have to use the settings from above, no advanced tab settings for the new versions. AND you have to enable incoming connection/server in your firewall preferences for pidgin. worked for me^^
I am having trouble with people showing up as offiline that show up fine in my gtalk account. I can even show offline contacts and IM them. Any one else having this problem? any Ideas as to how to fix it?
Everything goes on well in my WindowsXP OS, but in Windows Vista Ultimate, still I am getting read error “nss: Handshake failed -5938″
Can any one please help me configuring google talk in pidgin in Windows Vista OS
@ Ben - I cannot understand what you are trying to tell. Could you elaborate ?
@ Prasad - Try downloading the latest version of Pidgin.
sorry, when I have pidgin open and my gmail account open there are some people in my gmail account that show up as available but on Pidgin they are offline.
I am trying to help a friend who uses a non-gmail.com email to get onto pidgin. We’ve tried ALL the different techniques given, but to no avail. Does anyone here use a non-gmail address to log on? What experiences do you have?
Thanks for the tip. I was getting the read error. I followed your tip and it works correctly now.
hey thx a lot…changin the port to 443 fixed the prob…
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I cannot get pidgen to work with gmail. Do I need the gtalk client?
Thnx buddy it worked….
Finally!!!!! That worked, I had the connect error, and this is the first page I could find googling to find the answer!!! BRILLIANT!
Glad to know… that it is working..
Thanks manas , this thing has worked out for me
You are a great person, i’m highly indebted,
Just wanted to say that despite all the help given here, I could not get GAIM to work until I gave in and created a googlemail account
When I created the googlemail account, I had to put googlemail.com instead of gmail.com in the server box - seems you can’t create gmail accounts any more, only googlemail.
Although I can use GTalk without a googlemail account, it doesn’t look like GAIM supports it.
Dave H,
I think you’re right. I have a friend who wants to use Pidgin (btw, I still call it GAIM!), but they log onto their GoogleTalk account using another email address that is NOT tied into Google Apps.
If someone can shed light, that would be great!!
I’m having the same problem some other folks have mentioned, though I haven’t seen a solution posted yet.
I have no problem connecting to my gmail/gtalk account, and I can send messages out and receive them from other gtalk friends; however, my buddy list in Pidgin shows everybody as being offline. Always. Even when they’re definitely online.
I’ve tried making the changes Charlie suggested, but since I didn’t have a problem connecting in the first place, it didn’t make a difference.
I would love to hear of a solution for this (or some debugging suggestions if you got ‘em), as I’m thinking of bailing but really don’t want to.
Thanks so much. You guys seem like a very helpful community.
- Bill
Thanks for that update regarding the “advanced” information! I could not get it to connect no matter what I tried and Google Help was no help at all! Kudos!
Hi, I use gmail’s hosted services. ie. on google talk my login is my myname@mydomain.com how do I configure the settings for this? I know it is possible as I have done it before, but I have forgotten
Nevermind, It kind of fixes it itself. Just make sure the advanced settings are the same as above.
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Hey this works.. yeah at port 443 this works
Hey, I’ve created 2 GTalk accounts in Pidgin and it’s not showing my contacts from the second account, is it possible at all to be logged on on 2 accounts simultaneously? BTW I use it on windows.
Hmm… Hi Roman.. Never tried to log in into two GTalk accounts simultaneously. But I think it will work.
Will try and get back to you.
Thanks, it worked like a charm.
Thank, worked perfectly for me once I did the Troubleshooting part.
Glad that it worked for you.
I have tried to log in with two gmail accounts simultaneously, and it didn’t work - however, I don’t think that’s the issue!
I couldn’t get account A to work, so i tried with account B, which worked. But account A still didn’t work. Have tried all the suggestions in this thread.
Please keep us updated .
I started having problems since installing the newst version of pidgin after a fresh install of Kubuntu 7.10, it was because there is a Google Talk option in the dropdown list, use that instead of XMPP. hopw this helps someone else
Hi Matt… You are right. In the newer versions of Pidgin, there is no need to use XMPP.
Thanks Manas. Great work.
Hi, I have tried all possibilities but to no avail
….. The only msg I keep gettin is SSL support unavailable I hav tried all the ports… Im using pidgin 2.3.1 can som1 plz help……..
I just upgraded to 2.3.1, and I still can’t sign in with both of my GTalk accounts. None of the bits of advice above helped. I still show “not authorized” for any buddies that should be going with that account.
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I also cannot get GTalk in Pidgin 2.3.1 in Linux to work. I get the SSL support is unavailable. I did configure and build with the GNUGTLS support enabled.
Other than that, my ICQ and AIM works fine.
ARgh! Thanks to everyone for their input, but my problem is still unsolved.
GET THIS– I used to have both of my Gtalk accounts working, but now only one will work (and it’s not my main chat account)
I have tried deleting that one, still no dice
I have tried making both account have the same settings
I have treid the suggestions above.
Could it be a problem wiht the account? chat works with Gmail but we all know how much that sucks.
Hi Manas,
I want to know if there is any method for Gtalk by which i can see the online people but they cant see me online i.e. i will appear as offline to them.
BTW, Great blog!!!
Sudhindra
Hmm…. In GTalk you cannot do that. But in the new GMail, you can now be invisible.
Hope Google adds that feature to GTalk soon.
Thanks so much for the troubleshooting paragraph - that did the trick. I wasn’t about to use it unencrypted!
I had trouble with gmail as well. It started to work once I entered “googlemail.com” instead of “gmail.com” in the “Server:” box. Don’t ask me why…..
can any one pls help me to config pidgin for yahoo,,,
pls mail to my email…
i will be gratefulll…….
can any one pls help me to config pidgin for yahoo,,,
pls mail to my email…
HI, PIDGIN was supposed to work on all platforms including XP .
It loses itself
after sometime in XP.
Rahul
I found that the gmail.com domain didn’t function, so I got it to function by using googlemail.com.
******** my id ananta.c@gmail.com wont work with any 3rdparty links like www3.meebo.com or pidgin. It works great with google talk. I have like 2 more gmail id’s which works fine with meebo/pidgin. I dont think its firewall.. It should be some thing with account settings. Please let me know if any one has answer. **********8
Manas, could you add something like this to the top of the page:
9. Click “Save” (not “Register”)
10. Tick enabled in the accounts window
Thanks to Joe Chapman for the tip. I was almost ready to give up on Pidgin always saying “Not Authorized”, until I found that hint in the middle of the comments.
Hi Manas
grt to see way u r handling so many issues successfully.
I have a small problem, not critical. i am using the latest and the greatest pidgin on Ubuntu gutsy. I have this Gtalk on pidgin. My Gtalk shows my status as either available or offline but do not show the status message (written and saved by me) on other Gtalks.
For Ex is I have customized status message as “ON Ubuntu gutsy” , the others dont see this message, but only ‘Available’ is seen by them
Whenever I try to connect to Pidgin with my gmail account I get:
“madluv4tai@gmail.com/Home disconnected: Could not establish a connection with the server:
Windows socket error #10061″
I used to be able to sign on to Pidgin with my gmail account. but it just failed to sign on out of no where one day, with that error! I am unsure what to do.
Running pidgin 2.4.1 on fedora 8 using libxml2 2.6.31, I can connect to GoogleTalk, but when I try to send an IM to myself (or anyone else), it fails with debug message
jabber: Recv (ssl)(382): test messagetest message
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Or debug it?
Changing from gmail to googlemail.com along with the settings mentioned by Joe Chapman fixed the problem for me.
John
Manas! That’s gr8 work.
I used Your-Freedom (java based port forwarding server.. best performance with high speed internet). Java app.. Install it & use it. Now, just specify proxy as:
localhost:8080 & everything works perfectly (no further hack required). Works under proxy server too.
cheers!
Nikunj
the link (again) is:
http://www.your-freedom.net
changing from gmail.com to googlemail.com while login worked for me too………… thanks for the answer
I use Pidgin 2.4.1 on Windows XP Professional. I can successfuly connect to Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and AIM, but I cannot sign onto to Google Talk. I have followed all the suggestions listed above, such as making the domain “googlemail.com”, allowing plaintext auth over unencryted streams, making the port 5222, and also making the connect server “talk.google.com” yet none of these worked. I still cannot connect to Gtalk, i keep getting the error message: “Could not establish a connection wtih the server: connection refused”. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.
Jennifer I mentioned your-freedom.net.
& it works gr8. Just add proxy.
Through it.. you can open any website on the net.
Bypass proxies and firewalls as if they weren’t there, and access the Internet anonymously — for free!
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I had an issue connecting to gtalk through pidgin. It was fixed by changing the domain from gmail.com to googlemail.com. This may be only on UK / England accounts.
Hope that helps someone somewere.
Please I need conect my Pidgin to mi msn but i don’t know how … Some body can help me ?
Gara,
Using Manas’ instructions changed for MSN:
1. Download & Install the latest version of Pidgin.
2. Open Pidgin and go to Add / Edit Account window of Pidgin.
3. From the drop-down box choose MSN as the Protocol.
4. For the Screen name enter your MSN passport (or whatever) eg. horse@hotmail.com. Use full address including ‘@’.
I think, that’s all.
Horse
Sorry, there´s no way I can get pidgin to work with gtalk. I followed the instructions above and I get this error:
SSL handshake failed
Using Windows Xp, Pidgin 2.4.2
Pidgin configuration:
Domain: talk.google.com
Resource: Pidgin
Require SSL/TLS -> unchecked
Force old (port 5223) SSL -> checked
Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams -> unchecked
Connect port: 443
Connect server: talk.google.com
File transfer proxies: proxy.jabber.org:7777
Proxy type: Use global proxy settings
I just can´t get it to work, I´m behind a proxy, but my local jabber service works fine with pidgin.
Any clues?
What if you change proxy settings by hand for your gmail account in pidgin?
Hi there,
I have some connection problems. Using the debug window I get the following message :
“(16:31:34) proxy: Connecting to talk.google.com:5222 via proxy.ict:8080 using HTTP
(16:31:34) proxy: Connection in progress
(16:31:34) proxy: Connected to talk.google.com:5222.
(16:31:34) proxy: Using CONNECT tunneling for talk.google.com:5222
(16:31:34) proxy: Proxy server replied with:
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 743
(16:31:34) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Access denied: HTTP proxy server forbids port 5222 tunneling.
(16:31:34) account: Disconnecting account 00D43880
(16:31:34) connection: Disconnecting connection 01DABB40
(16:31:34) connection: Destroying connection 01DABB40″
Does this basically imply that my proxy server forbids the connection ?
Had the same problem after updating Pidgin from 2.3.1 to 2.4.3 in Fedora 8.
Updating nss to the latest version (3.12.0.3-0.8.2.fc8) helped.
#yum install nss
Pidgin settings left by default (port 5222)
Thanks for this article! It helped a lot.
thanks a lot
it works brilliantly
Thanks. Looks different in recent version and defaults were setup ok for google talk (now using Keberos >settings) BUT I still could not connect BECAUSE the
default port was not open for me (? ISP blocking grrrrr.)
Used 443 as suggested by Charlie.
You can check if the port is open by running:
>telnet talk.google.com 5223
timed out for me but
>telnet talk.google.com 443
connected OK!
The only OTHER change was to choose NO PROXY instead of Gnome proxy settings since I am not behind a proxy
I have what seems like a simple problem, the nature of which doesn’t seem (exactly) to be addressed here or in the FAQ. I do not have a GMail address. I have a Google account. I have a GoogleTalk account, which works with the web widget as well as the GT client. It does not work with Pidgin, using any variation of recommended settings. I get network read errors or authorization failures. Suggestions? TIA.
I was porting from GAIM to PIDGIN and it didnt checked SSL by default.
Better explanation than even google site. Great.
I’m using the eeePC - default linux distro - WLAN.
I couldn’t get it working until I ticked the Force old SSL box and deleted the port and server fields (it might also work if you leave them as default too, but don’t change them like the author did).
Leave the other settings as they were.
Holy Crud!! That totally worked! THANK YOU!!
I was able to configure Pidgin for GTalk
bt failed to do on yahoo
plz tel the seeings 4 that
I was unable to configure the gtalk id for pidgin. After changing the settings also in advanced tab its not allowing, same error i am getting “Error connection” or some times SSL failed like that error i am getting.
Hi - all great tips, my ‘Not Authorized’ error was solved by simply swapping ‘gmail.com’ for ‘googlemail.com’. Useful page!
My pidgin suddenly stopped connecting to gtalk server. Your tip helped me connect again. Thanks
with regards
Tushar
I just got pidgin and use it with my work sametime fine at work and at home. At work i think there is some firewal because i cannot get g chat to work at work, but it works at other offices I have been and at home. Anyone know a way to circumvent this problem with some other proxy or anything along those lines?
great work fine on ubuntu !
thanks
I’m on Ubuntu 8.04 and loving my Pidgin; I’ve used GAIM since its inception on both Windows and Linux. Actually, my Google Talk works fine, except I’m not entirely sure how to set up a chat room for GTalk, and at the moment the only thing I can do is have one of my contacts set it up from their end and then I still have to use Google’s Web gadget to get into the chat room. I think this can be done using the chat functions in Pidgin, but I’m not entirely sure. I need to be able to both create and join chat rooms, but I don’t know how to get at or input the correct information. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Oh..im realy happy.it realy works
I’ve been battling with pidgin all day. I hope this works. Here goes……Success!! Thank you so much. Even the help provided by google didn’t make pidgin work with gtalk. You rock! I hope I don’t have to go through the same b.s. with icq and such. Thanks again. I’ll link you from my site (Nuss45.com) where I’m writing about my adventures in finding a multi im client.
[...] googled a bit and found this site which had instructions to help me get gtalk working on pidgin. finally, Gtalk works! Now I’m going to register with icq and add that account. [...]
Using “googlemail” does the trick for users in Germany. Aparently, some other company has the rights to “gmail.com” in Germany, so google was forced to use “googlemail” in Germany.
My setting now are:
protocol: XMPP
username: HansMustermann (without the @gmail.com)
domain: googlemail.com
resourse: home
password: ******
Advanced tab:
[X] requires SSL/TLS
[X] Force old SSL
[ ] allow plaintext
Connect port: 443
Connect Server: talk.google.com
File Transfer proxies: proxy.jabber.org
Proxy Type: Use global proxysettings
Please add these instruxtions to the article at the top for “Germany users”!
PS. Pidgin still needs some UI polish (e.g., user-moved dialogs should remember the user chosen position and size; only *one* click on the taskbar icon should be needed to bring up the Buddy List, and *one* click to collapse it again)
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with above settings .. it able to connect but for every 8 minutes.. again it is giving Read Error… account Discoonected .. and it is reconnecting automatically ..
I go through this every time I install pidgin for the first time on a machine and have to add google talk. It’s never easy. Here’s what worked for me:
I was getting a connection error in Pidgin trying to configure google chat. I followed some of the instructions on here and started to get a ‘read’ error. I finally played with some settings myself and got it to work. First I made sure I could get to both 5222 and 5223 just for giggles (start>run> type in telnet talk.google.com 5222 then I tried telnet talk.google.com 5223. Both worked as the screen disappearing on me indicated. Interestingly enough telnet talk.google.com 443 did not work.
Here are the settings that finally worked for me:
General Tab:
Protocol: XMPP
Username: MyUsernameOnly
Domain: gmail.com
Resource: Home
Password: enter google talk password
No local alias or other options selected
Advanced tab:
Uncheck Require SSL/TLS
CHECK Force old port (Port 5223) SSL
CHECK Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams
Connect port: 443
Connect server: talk.google.com
File transfer proxies: proxy.jabber.org
Proxy type: Use Global Proxy Settings
OK, I’ve found the issue with Not Authorized. It’s down to the Domain setting. It’s dependant on the domain name against your google mail account. Login to Google Mail, go to settings, click accounts tab, click the Google Account settings link in the Google Account Settings box. Under “personal information” on the left will be your primary google email address. What ever is the domain on that is what goes in the Domain setting in Pidgin.
On top of that you may need to do some of the other suggestions above such as use Force Old and set port to 443 etc…
It’s not Pidgin but just the multiple ways google register an account for you. This has driven me insane for an hour.
WOOT, had been meaning to attempt this again for a while and now have it working. Using 2.5.2 I had to follow the steps in the troubleshooting section to stop getting read errors.
Thanks for the assist
be sure to use the right domain.
I tried 100 times with gmail.com. But my account has the primary domain googlemail.com. The plain main service works with both domains, but not jabber.
So make sure you use the primary google domain of your account.
Yes
Definitely Pidgin is a good tool. But when i configure Gtalk in pidgin , can i enable it to store all my Gtalk chat’s to gmail “Chats” section … If so , Please mail me the answer to 00drk00@gmail.com.
Thanks.
Thank you so much, this wasn’t my first Pidgin installation but I just forgot how to configure gmail account
Guys - Regarding use Google Apps (Google’s Hosted Domain Services) for gmail chat (gchat/google chat) follow these directions!
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=49147
I just love PIDGIN. It’s awesome man. By the way thank you guys for the how to configure gmail in Pidgin. I was having some trouble first but no after reading through this I was able to fix it. Thanks once again.
Thanks for wrtiting this up. It was useful. I got it working on Debian Etch, pidgin 2.4.3 (downloaded from backports)!
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Hi…….Friends
My music track was not show on my Gatalk .
What i have to do….Pls tell me fris….
I finished to do eveything…means window media player/options/plug-in/background…. then i was not see anythings…..
Pls, fris help…….
I ‘m translate it to thai in my blog. Thank you for how to Troubleshooting
I am getting “Read Error” while connecting.
I have done the settings mentioned in one of the comments. Can anyone help me out to resolve this error:)
Thanks in advance.
The settings proposed by Katie Craven (above) work just fine for me! Thank you Katie!
I’m really new to Pidgin, I’ve been following ALL the instructions and suggestions, yet I still can’t add my Google Talk/Gmail account, I’m using Vista 32 bit.
I keep getting the “host unknown error”; sorry if this has already been mentioned, any help?
I get this message when I try to send an IM to an offline user. Do you know if they need to be logged in?
XMPP Message Error
Message delivery to xxxxx@gmail.com failed: (Code 503) error when trying to send messages.
I can’t find anywhere that explains this error code. Can you tell me whats up?
To make oneself invisible on a google talk account, paste the following into the XMPP Console (Tools > Plugins >XMPP Consol (normally at the bottom) enable it:
5
5
Repeat the above step whenever you want to refresh the buddy list..
# The last line of the code causes the server to return Email Notifications. #
To make oneself invisible on a google talk account, paste the following into the XMPP Console (Tools > Plugins >XMPP Consol (normally at the bottom) enable it:
* Replace eveyr ( to *
* for some reason this website does not post there characters *
(presence)
(priority)5(/priority)
(/presence)
(presence type=”unavailable”)
(priority)5(/priority)
(/presence)
(iq type=’get’)(query xmlns=’google:mail:notify’/)(/iq)
Repeat the above step whenever you want to refresh the buddy list..
# The last line of the code causes the server to return Email Notifications. #
One more time *dammit*
To make oneself invisible on a google talk account, paste the following into the XMPP Console (Tools > Plugins >XMPP Consol (normally at the bottom) enable it:
* Replace every ) to > AND ( to < *
* for some reason this website does not post there characters *
(presence)
(priority)5(/priority)
(/presence)
(presence type=”unavailable”)
(priority)5(/priority)
(/presence)
(iq type=’get’)(query xmlns=’google:mail:notify’/)(/iq)
Repeat the above step whenever you want to refresh the buddy list..
# The last line of the code causes the server to return Email Notifications. #
[...] you eg are using Pidgin and want to enable Google Hosted, this post led me to the following settings: Force old (port 5223) SSL: Checked Allow plaintext auth over [...]
All worked well, thanks man! Other people’s setting were crap as was the google help.
Found an undocumented little ‘feature’ that prevented me from connecting, quite accidentally - the resource must have an initial capital letter, otherwise you get ‘not authorised’ errors when you try to connect.
I am trying to setup Pidgin on PortableApps for gtalk, msn, and yahoo. I have tried everything above but it is still not working. Please help.
Basic setup
Protocol: XMPP
username: xxxxxxxx
Domain: googlemail.com
Resource: Home
Password: yyyyyyy
Local alias: zzzzzz
Advanced Setup
Require SSL/TLS: Un-checked
Force old (port 5223) SSL: Checked
Allow plaintext: Checked
Connect port: 443
connect Serve: talk.google.com
File Transfer proxies: proxy.jabber.org:7777
Proxy Type: Global
I have the above setting and it still does not work. Please some help.
It worked for me by putting 209.85.137.125 as Connect Server and having Require SSL/TLS checked.
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4364 has information about firewall forcing the encryption off.
Hey thanks a lot man. I had trouble in getting pidgin work with gtalk. Now its working
Thanks Manas!
Thank You for the great info. Now i am able to configure gtalk on my ubuntu machine with pidgin.
Hi,
not authorized message for all buddies,,,,,
Hi,
i tried with the above settings but……..its says that “Not Authorized”…..
can anyone help pls…
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thanks a tons
it totally worked..thanks
There can be more issues with gtalk and pidgin, e.g., if you company blocks it. Here is a method to overcome this :P:
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/09/08/hack-pidgin-gtalk-connection-problems-get-around-the-corporate-firewall.html
Hi, i installed pidgin on windows vista x64 and first time i ran it it worked just fine. Then i restarted windows and now it can connect to IRC,gtalk and MSN but i can’t see any contacts. I can connect to IRC chat. Any idea why my contacts are not showing?
Btw, i had pidgin instaled on ubuntu 8.10 and windows xp sp3 with same accounts and never had any problems.
I tried reinstall and it still doesn’t show any contacts…
I has been tried, but can’t login.
thanks for the info manas…
Works on Fedora 10.
Thank you very much for Tutorial.
Thanks for the tutorial. One little advices for those who are changing the set-up every 5 seconds and get no result in connecting: the connection can be slow to be establish, just wait a little to make sure you have the wrong set up.
As MaxBV said above, putting 209.85.137.125 as the Connect Server and also checking “Require SSL/TLS” worked for me (using Windows Vista Ultimate).
The above tutorial did not work, but the other suggestion did.
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Hello Every Body..
i ‘ve added my gmail account in the pidgin but it not gettting connected.
I THINK I’VE SOME PROBLEM WITH PREFERENCES N SETTING.
I ‘VE SET IT TO AUTODETECT iP ADDRESS.
PLEASE help me regarding that …
thanks
Hi, i hav loaded pidgin, bt not able to get that howz it going to work with gtalk…can anybody help me in this?
Thanks a lot. My Pidgin used to work fine but stopped suddenly. Setting the port number in the advanced tab fixed it
it helped, thx.
Thanks, I was quite puzzled by connecting to my domain account
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