[OTR-users] Cannot generate private keys with Pidgin 2.0.2 & pidgin-otr-3.0.0 win32

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:20:49 -0400
Ian Goldberg <ian at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:

> > 
> > Ian, I've just installed Pidgin OTR on a laptop running Windows Vista, 
> > and I see the same problem with two accounts, one AIM the other MSN. 
> > Initiating IMs to correspondents caused the keys to be generated, but 
> > the Generate button does nothing on its own. I've never seen this happen 
> > with XP so if I can help with debugging let me know what I need to do.
> > 
> > Opening the plugin preferences shows no keys until the account is 
> > selected, the keys are not read by default it appears. Might be 
> > something in the way that Vista does things, I wonder if Marko is using 
> > it, he doesn't say.
> > 
> > FWIW the otr fingerprint and key files appear in 
> > C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\.purple which is obviously a 
> > different location from where XP stores it.
> > 
> > Puzzling!
> 
> Hmm.  I have no idea what the problem is, but the code that handles that
> menu and the Generate button has been greatly simplified in 3.1.0, so
> once that version comes out (this week, we hope), could you see if that
> fixes it?
> 

I'll keep an eye out for the new version Ian, and will feed back
anything relevant.

-- 

Brian Morrison

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