Multi-way Chat is Gone

Hi all
I can't seem to do multi-way chat anymore, anyone else experiencing this? I can see other people's icon showing the multi-way chat option, however my icon in my buddy list is as it was in Panther. I can't host multi-way or join multiple chat conferences.
Anyone else seeing this?
Mark

Thanks for working with me Ryan.
The above Terminal command didn't seem to work for me. I do have sufficient bandwidth, though. My current up and down speed is around 9.0 Mbps. For what it's worth, I am not running the Broadband Tuner. The result of the iChat log terminal command is at the bottom of this post.
Here's everything I know, and why I moved my entire ~/Library folder (don't worry -- I'm a developer, I didn't delete it, I just moved it out of reach for one log-in -- all is fine):
- I installed Security Update 2005-009 immediately before seeing this issue.
- Under my account, the icon for multi-person video chat never appears (just one-to-one video).
- On the same computer, with the same setup, if I log out of my account and log into another admin account on the computer, multi-video chat works flawlessly.
- Even while still successfully multi-video chat 'blessed' under the alternate user, if I fast user switch to my account, I still only have one-to-one video ability.
- Sensing that this issue was related to my specific user account, I tried removing more and more of my preferences to see if there was one that would make my account work successfully. I ended up removing the entire ~/Library folder (all of what makes my account unique), and logging in with a brand-new, created-on-the-fly ~/Library account, which still only produced the one-to-one icon.
- I am at a loss. What could the Security Update have changed that would only affect one user, but affect that user even after completely wiping the user's library?
Here is the result of the iChat log you requested:
2005-12-01 11:57:17.402 iChat[287] CFLog (0): CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1103 (0x44f), port = 0x3e03, name = 'com.apple.iChat.ServiceProvider'
See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the error codes.
2005-12-01 11:57:17.407 iChat[287] CFLog (99): CFMessagePortCreateLocal(): failed to name Mach port (com.apple.iChat.ServiceProvider)
Any ideas? Thanks so much for your interest and willingness to help. It is much appreciated.
Thanks!
--Scott
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)
PS: I just tried the Terminal command with the alternate user (where mult-person video chat does work) -- on that account, it produced no output.
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