The CLI of pidgin, called finch, is currently unable to connect to the ICQ network. The error message is "Invalid DevId". The problem was reported upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14294 I attached the patch itself and the patched ebuild for 2.7.11.
Created attachment 277363 [details] Patched ebuild
Created attachment 277365 [details, diff] Patch to replace clientKey
*** Bug 372035 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Sorry for double posting, after submission the interface showed an error and told me to go back.
Thank you for report Mario. Fixed in 2.8.0-r1.