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Bug 680024 - IRC reconnect can fail due to nick-already-in-use
IRC reconnect can fail due to nick-already-in-use
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-07-16 15:13 UTC by Dan Winship
Modified: 2018-05-22 15:38 UTC
See Also:
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Description Dan Winship 2012-07-16 15:13:15 UTC 
from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840408:

Empathy does not connect to irc if nick is already in use, which is understandable and not a bug per se.

The problem lies in empathys unability to reconnect to IRC server after unexpected loss of connection (e.g. unplugged cable). It is fairly reasonable to assume that connection should be restored asap, albeit at the expense of changing nick (adding underscore, number, whatever -- as most other clients do)

[This is mentioned in bug 602911, but that bug mostly seems to be about a different issue.]
Comment 1 Debarshi Ray 2012-10-29 16:39:18 UTC 
There was this attempt to fix it in Telepathy Idle too: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14751
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 15:38:01 UTC 
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