[Bug 560575] [NEW] Logs back in when user has logged in somewhere else

[Captain Chaos]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: empathy

When Empathy is running and online, gets kicked out because the user has
signed in somewhere else, Empathy logs back into the accounts after a
short while, kicking the user out where they have just logged in!

In case that wasn't clear: I have an MSN account, a Yahoo! account and
an ICQ account. Say I'm working on machine A and am online there with
Empathy. Say I move to machine B and log in there. Empathy starts on
machine B so that I am online and reachable there, and the instance of
Empathy on machine A is automatically logged out of its accounts. This
is exactly how it should work. This way I am always reachable on the
machine I'm working on, without tediously having to log out explicitly
every time on the machine I'm leaving.

However, when I do this, the Empathy instance on machine A logs back
into its accounts after a short while, kicking me out of my accounts on
machine B! It seems that Empathy just assumes the disconnect was due to
network problems and keeps trying to reconnect. Obviously this is very
annoying, and not how it should work. Empathy should recognize that the
disconnect is permanent, and not try to log back in again until
explicitly told to by me.

I know this is possible, because this is what Pidgin does. When I get
logged out because I log in somewhere else, Pidgin shows a very nice
message saying "3 accounts were disabled because you signed on from
another location:" and then lists the accounts, together with a "re-
enable" button so I can quickly log in again when I'm back. So
apparently for all three account types it's possible to tell that the
disconnect was due to logging in somewhere else, and Empathy should be
able to provide the same functionality as Pidgin.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 11 11:13:49 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: empathy 2.28.1.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: empathy
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64

** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Logs back in when user has logged in somewhere else
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