[OTR-users] Pidgin Freezes when starting Private Conversation

[Michael Secord]

On 8/18/2011 4:16 PM Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> said unto 
otr-users at lists.cypherpunks.ca and Michael Secord <gizmokid2005 at gmail.com>:

> Am 18.08.2011 18:21, schrieb Michael Secord:
>> All,
>>
>> I've done some searching and have yet to find an answer to this, so I
>> figured I'd come to the source.
>>
>> For as long as I can remember (at least back to Pidgin 2.7.0 and OTR
>> 3.0.0 (I believe) on both Windows XP home&  Pro 32-bit as well as
>> Windows 7 Ultimate&  Professional 64-bit) when I startup a private
>> conversation with a buddy (at least the first time after starting
>> pidgin) the entire application locks up for 30s+ depending on the day
>> and typically will cause the AIM account that I'm using OTR with to
>> disconnect from the actual service. Once I reenable/login to that
>> account and IM the buddy, the conversation will be private and function
>> as expected.
>>
>> I've gone so far as to clear out everything in Pidgin relating to OTR
>> and updating the plugin and reconfiguring OTR with a user only to be
>> thwarted by the same problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions/thoughts on this?
>
> It only affects Windows, and for me clears without manual intervention
> after a few dozen seconds.
>
> Linux and FreeBSD are snappy, as in "short delay that's still plausible
> as network round-trip and a bit of number crunching" (and often below 3
> s for the whole negotiation during which Pidgin as a whole remains
> responsive -- unlike on Windows).
>
That's what I had figured, since there was very little information I'd 
found about this. It's very odd though, I was hoping for some way to 
alleviate or, at least, lessen the impact of this on a regular basis.