gaim will not connect to jabber clients on AMD64

Binary package hint: gaim

I am unable to connect to any jabber client (including jabber.org with strange and long usernames). I have attempted to connect to google talk without success.

Seems to be related to DNS... might not actually be a problem with gaim; gaim can connect to other clients (AIM is working properly for me). I don't know if some other package I have installed in addition to base system is the problem. I have not added anything like dnsmasq or anything that should interact with DNS at that level.

Here is gaim -d output from a session where I logged on, added my google talk account (googlemail.com as server per directions at http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=24073), tried to log on a couple more times, then closed the gaim windows and finally closed gaim completely.

matthew@ruth:~$ gaim -d
dbus: okkk
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/musicmessaging.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/dbus-example.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/extplacement.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaimrc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gevolution.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgaimperl.so
plugins: /usr/lib/gaim/libgaimperl.so is not usable because the 'gaim_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the GAIM_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnovell.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libsametime.so
plugins: /usr/lib/gaim/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libsimple.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so
plugins: /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so is unloadable: libzephyr.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/perl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/psychic.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/tcl.so
plugins: /usr/lib/gaim/tcl.so is unloadable: libtcl8.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp_format.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/nautilus.so
util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/matthew/.gaim
util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/matthew/.gaim
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
stun: using server
stun: using server
sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
util: Reading file blist.xml from directory /home/matthew/.gaim
util: File /home/matthew/.gaim/blist.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
prefs: Reading /home/matthew/.gaim/prefs.xml
prefs: Finished reading /home/matthew/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.so
docklet: plugin loaded
gtkblist: added visibility manager: 1
tray icon: created
plugins: Loading saved plugin /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
pounce: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/matthew/.gaim/pounces.xml': No such file or directory
Session Management: ICE initialized.
Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connected to manager (GnomeSM) with client ID 117f000101000116925893900000215780019
Session Management: Using gaim as command
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
account: Connecting to account <email address hidden>/Home
Session Management: Received first save_yourself
prefs: /gaim/gtk/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save.
Session Management: Received save_complete
prefs: /gaim/gtk/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save.
tray icon: embedded
util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
connection: Connecting. gc = 0xad7b20
dns: Created new DNS child 25244, there are now 1 children.
dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 25244
dns: Got response for 'talk.gmail.com'
dns: DNS error: Name or service not known (pid=25244)
account: Disconnecting account 0x69e900
connection: Disconnecting connection 0xad7b20
jabber: Sending: </stream:stream>
connection: Destroying connection 0xad7b20
dns[25244] Error: getaddrinfo returned -2
util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
autorecon: do_signon called
autorecon: calling gaim_account_connect
account: Connecting to account <email address hidden>/Home
connection: Connecting. gc = 0xa1ff70
dns: DNS child 25244 not responding. Killing it!
dns: Created new DNS child 25252, there are now 1 children.
dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 25252
autorecon: done calling gaim_account_connect
dns: Got response for 'talk.gmail.com'
dns: DNS error: Name or service not known (pid=25252)
account: Disconnecting account 0x69e900
connection: Disconnecting connection 0xa1ff70
jabber: Sending: </stream:stream>
connection: Destroying connection 0xa1ff70
dns[25252] Error: getaddrinfo returned -2
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
prefs: /gaim/gtk/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save.
util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
account: Connecting to account <email address hidden>/Home
connection: Connecting. gc = 0xb192e0
dns: DNS child 25252 not responding. Killing it!
dns: Created new DNS child 25258, there are now 1 children.
dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 25258
dns: Got response for 'talk.gmail.com'
dns: DNS error: Name or service not known (pid=25258)
account: Disconnecting account 0x69e900
connection: Disconnecting connection 0xb192e0
jabber: Sending: </stream:stream>
connection: Destroying connection 0xb192e0
dns[25258] Error: getaddrinfo returned -2
util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
prefs: /gaim/gtk/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save.
util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
g_log: gaim_dbus_pointer_to_id: assertion `id || node == NULL' failed
util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/matthew/.gaim
main: Unloading all plugins
plugins: Unloading plugin System Tray Icon
gtkblist: removed visibility manager: 0
tray icon: destroyed
docklet: plugin unloaded
plugins: Unloading plugin Gadu-Gadu
plugins: Unloading plugin IRC
plugins: Unloading plugin Jabber
plugins: Unloading plugin MSN
plugins: Unloading plugin GroupWise
plugins: Unloading plugin AIM/ICQ
plugins: Unloading plugin Sametime
plugins: Unloading plugin SIMPLE
plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo
plugins: Unloading plugin Message Notification
plugins: Unloading plugin Perl Plugin Loader
Session Management: Handling closed ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connection closed.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
accels: accel changed, scheduling save.
dns[25258]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!

matthew@ruth:~$ uname -a
Linux ruth 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 21:16:35 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux