[OTR-users] irssi otr not initializing

[hammer]

Uli M wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On Wed 06.05.09 14:16, hammer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using irssi with the otr plugin on a debian testing system.
>> Trying to initilize a private conversation via irc fails without notice. 
>> When my buddy trys to initiliaze i get the following after issuing /otr 
>> debug:
>>
>> OTR: ignoring protocol message of length 8, acc=xxxx at irc.servercentral.net, 
>> from=xxxx: ?OTR?v2?
>>
>> I can not see why otr would ignore this message.?
> 
> That's not actually an error. It just means that a message came in that didn't
> produce any immediate cleartext output.
> 
> The reason OTR didn't work for you is probably because key generation has to
> take place first. After your buddy initializes a session you should have a
> message about an ongoing key generation in the status window. A few minutes
> later there'll be another one saying that it is finished. Once that has
> happended you can ask your buddy to initiate again, then it should all work out.
> You should also check out the README file, it explains all the basics.
> 
> Uli
> 
Thank you for your kind reply Uli,

I am aware of the process of keygeneration and already have read through the 
README. Unfortunately there is no message informing me about keygeneration in 
the status window. That is why I misinterpreted the above otr message as otr 
ignoring any attempts to cummunicate privately.

I installed pidgin with otr and also tried with two instances of irssi, but 
trying to initialize (choose from the otr menu in pidgin; "?OTR?" in irssi) a 
session does not give me the keygeneration message.
Plaintext ist sent normally.

I have absolutely no clue what I might be doing wrong or what might be 
misconfigured, as it worked just fine before for IRC and ICQ.

Tom