[GTalk] Error while reading from server

[anonymous]

Cannot connect to GTalk (Google Apps with custom domain) in Ubuntu 14.04.

16:02 <@root> gtalk - Logging in: Connecting
16:02 <@root> gtalk - Logging in: Connected to server, logging in
16:02 <@root> gtalk - Logging in: Converting stream to TLS
16:02 <@root> gtalk - Logging in: Connected to server, logging in
16:03 <@root> gtalk - Login error: Error while reading from server
16:03 <@root> gtalk - Logging in: Signing off..

$ acc gtalk set

15:59 <@root> activity_timeout = `600'
15:59 <@root> auto_connect = `true'
15:59 <@root> auto_reconnect = `true'
15:59 <@root> away is empty
15:59 <@root> nick_format = `%full_name'
15:59 <@root> nick_source = `handle'
15:59 <@root> oauth = `false'
15:59 <@root> password = `********' (hidden)
15:59 <@root> port = `5222'
15:59 <@root> priority = `0'
15:59 <@root> proxy = `<local>;<auto>'
15:59 <@root> resource = `BitlBee'
15:59 <@root> resource_select = `activity'
15:59 <@root> server = `talk.google.com'
15:59 <@root> ssl = `false'
15:59 <@root> status is empty
15:59 <@root> tag = `gtalk'
15:59 <@root> tls = `true'
15:59 <@root> tls_verify = `true'
15:59 <@root> user_agent = `BitlBee'
15:59 <@root> username = `user@mydomain'
15:59 <@root> xmlconsole = `false'

It actually manages to connect once every 100 tries and once disconnected, it gets very hard to connect back.

[anonymous]

GNU TLS info

from ldd:

libgnutls.so.26 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.26 (0x00007f895ad36000)

from apt:

Package: libgnutls26
Version: 2.12.23-12ubuntu2

[dx]

One issue with gtalk that was reported semi-recently on irc had a workaround that was changing the "server" setting to any address different to the current one, and it would work for the next connection.

I managed to reproduce that one once, but can't do it anymore.

So yeah, try any of these, see if it helps, if not try a different one.

account gtalk set server talk.google.com
account gtalk set server alt1.xmpp.l.google.com
account gtalk set server alt2.xmpp.l.google.com
account gtalk set server alt3.xmpp.l.google.com
account gtalk set server alt4.xmpp.l.google.com

(Also you may be interested in joining #bitlbee in OFTC to get replies in less time than 38 hours.)

[anonymous]

Now I'm using talk.google.com and can't reproduce anymore

[dx]

Closing since this doesn't seem to happen anymore, and either way it was a problem with their servers, not with us.