[OTR-users] Failure to initiate private conversation

Nathan of Guardian nathan at guardianproject.info
Tue Mar 17 11:07:11 EDT 2015



On Tue, Mar 17, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Paul Gouin wrote:
> ​Hi all,
> 
> Thanks to all those who contribute to this project.
> 
> I've been trying to set up pidgin-otr at work for communication with a
> colleague on another site. My colleague runs ubuntu 14.04, I run xubuntu
> (same version). We followed the tutorial provided at
> https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/pidgin/windows
> 
> When either of us attempts to start a private conversation, pidgin
> displays
> a message saying "Attempting to start a private conversation with
> [identifier]...", but nothing
> ​ further seems to
> ​ happens.
> 
> I do, however, have the same XMPP account configured on a mobile device.
> After I attempt to go private, I receive an answer on that device from my
> colleague's machine, consisting of a very long string starting with ?OTR:

If you are logged in from two devices/apps at the same time, there can
be confusion and competition to init the OTR session.

Which mobile app are you using? 

Have you tried just being logged in from one or the other (Desktop vs
Mobile)?


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