On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:36:56 +0530, santo wrote:

> ...this morning it does not work again, connection refused...very
> frustrating as I have no idea now were to go


Guessing you need pidgin 2.5.7 and did not read
http://www.nabble.com/-Cooker--Re%3A...d24133371.html

Just an FYI. Been playing with 2010.0 (cooker).
Pulseaudio is working much better than 2009.1 and 2009.0.
I am able to use skype with it enabled and Audacity records mic correctly.
Both were broke in 2009.1.