ichat won't connect. lost connection to goggle talk account

Hi,

The pointy shaped Tilde like symbol denotes that there was a Network error of some sort.

I had it today in the middle of a Video Chat

Lost the video chat and all Buddy Lists logged out (8 of them)

Tried relaunching the app and had no luck.

A Computer restart got me part way back followed by another reboot of the app.

9:34 PM Friday; March 16, 2012

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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi,

For me I have only had it happen to all accounts, (Jabber, AIM and a Yahoo Login) once.

I have several AIM, @mac.com and one @me.com name.

I have had a partial Log out of these and on checking it was the ones that I had set to NON SSL on Port 5190

(I had presumed a Server issue with the AIM Servers as it was only some and not the Jabber Logins).

I would say that on both occasions I was engaged in some sort of Chat. (Video in the top example and a Text Chat in the earlier but lower example).

I have not seen it if I am not using Messages or rather it is just there in the "background".

I have not worked out if it is a Lion Wifi Issue or something with iChat or with the servers.

9:00 PM Saturday; March 17, 2012

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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

I have had this issue as well. While iChat is on and logged into a Gchat account, if there is a network connection failure, my Gchat accounts can only be re-connected if I close iChat and reboot OS. This started after I upgraded to OS Lion.

The next time this happens, close iChat.

Then at a terminal:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

Restart iChat and try to reconnect.

HI Belandrew,

How does turning Off then On again the Bonjour abilities of the computer help with a Google connection in iChat ?

In Snow Leopard turning Off mDNSResponder (Bonjour) did effect the ability to use the DNS settings that had been manually set on the Mac

See this Article

I have not heard of this being an issue in Lion.

(matt_brak says Google Chat and Lion in his post)

8:45 PM Sunday; May 27, 2012

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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.4)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.7.4),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

I'm also using Lion and have the same problem sometimes. If I lose my network connection with iChat going, it will not reconnect. I get the tilde indicating a network problem even after the connection is restored. Restarting Bonjour fixes it for me without needing to reboot. It may fix it for the OP as well.

I imagine the network problem iChat is complaining about is not being able to resolve the server address. I have no idea why it wouldn't work properly just by restoring the connection but it doesn't. I only know that either rebooting or restarting the DNS daemon fixes it for me. Reentering the account details probably also causes it to do a proper DNS resolution for the "new" server.

Interesting.

I have Public DNS servers listed in my System Preferences > Network > (Advanced Tab for Airport) > DNS tab (or entry field).

I use the Google ones of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

9:27 PM Sunday; May 27, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.4)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.7.4),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi,

I would not go as far as to say that using a Public DNS server is the answer but in some cases it helps.

Part of the issues is the IP numbers that these "Apple" Servers are on.

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It appears the one that is highlighted and shows in the info Panel on the left is not actually Apple (despite the word Apple being part of the Name ( init.ess.apple.com )

Found by using Network Utility from the Applications/Utilities folder and using whois.ripe.net

% Note: this output has been filtered.

% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '80.239.200.0 - 80.239.200.63'

inetnum: 80.239.200.0 - 80.239.200.63

netname: AKAMAI

descr: Akamai

org: ORG-AIB6-RIPE

country: SE

admin-c: RP8999-RIPE

tech-c: RP8999-RIPE

status: ASSIGNED PA

mnt-by: TELIANET-LIR

source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-AIB6-RIPE

org-name: Akamai International B.V.

org-type: OTHER

descr: The Trusted Choice for Online Business

address: 8 Cambridge Center

address: MA02412 Cambridge

address: United States

phone: +1 6174443007

admin-c: NARA1-RIPE

tech-c: NARA1-RIPE

mnt-by: TELIANET-LIR

mnt-ref: TELIANET-LIR

source: RIPE # Filtered

Other options to "find" in the Whois do not find the servers.

This is the issue other DNS servers have.

The IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent.xpc (to give it it's full name) is part of the iMessage side of Messages beta.

IMAgent is used to login in Buddy Lists (Your old Style iChat ones) - It also does FaceTime.

The IMServivePlugInAgent is the Yahoo add on Plug-in stuff.

However I would point out that when this is seen it is usually the Buddy Lists that are either all not logging in or some are and some are not and therefore is not the iMessage side of Messages and is more likely something to do with IMAgent.

We know that for some users Force Quitting IMAgent (Use Activity Monitor) and then restarting Messages can help with this issue.

7:08 PM Monday; May 28, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.4)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.7.4),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi Belandrew,

Your suggestion worked for me! Is there a way that I can avoid having to do this all the time? If not is there a way that I can automate this without having to go to the terminal?

Thanks!

Paolo

I have found that by clicking the server SSL security setting in the security tab of ichat prefernces will fix it. You have to go offline to do this and then go online again. I have only had to do this once a couple years ago and oddly today.