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

[Captain Chaos]

** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43764315/Dependencies.txt

** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43764316/ProcEnviron.txt

** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43764317/XsessionErrors.txt

** Description changed:

  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 B 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 B logs back
+ 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 A! It seems that Empathy just assumes the disconnect was due to
+ 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

** Description changed:

  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 B is automatically logged out of its accounts. This
+ 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

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Logs back in when user has logged in somewhere else
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