So bad news. Everything was working fine but I had to just figure out what breaks it. So this is how I made the plugin stop working.

1. First test the plugin works (msn/facebook/google im's) - confirmed working.
2. Added a yahoo im account - tested and confirmed working.
3. Deleted the yahoo im account - (msn/facebook/google im's) still working.
4. Re-added the same yahoo im account that I deleted - plugin no longer working for all im protocols.

So, that's what happens. I tried to do some simple troubleshooting by enable 1 im account only and testing which one works, also reinstalled the plugin, reinstalled the pidgin plugin for conversation, etc...and still the plugin no longer works.

So right now I don't really know why it stops....if anyone has any ideas, it would be great.

thanks.