Pidgin (and Empathy) can't connect in Ubuntu 9.04

Pidgin (and Empathy) can't connect in Ubuntu 9.04

I've recently installed Ubuntu 9.04. I've set up my internet connection via wvdial (Ubuntu does not recognize my mobile broadband provider), which works but it seems pidgin does not know that I'm connected to the internet. Whenever I try to use pidgin, I get a 'waiting for network connection' message and it just never gets around to connecting. What should I do to fix this?

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I haven't done this in a long time, by look into using a proxy of 127.0.0.1. it should make them loop back on your internet connection. look around for more info for this.