Bug 22555

Summary:	won't allow other clients to connect MSN Messenger
Product:	Telepathy	Reporter:	Victor Vargas <kamusin>
Component:	butterfly	Assignee:	Telepathy bugs list <telepathy-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Telepathy bugs list <telepathy-bugs>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	lfrb
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-butterfly/+bug/392747
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Description Victor Vargas 2009-06-30 09:04:01 UTC

In Ubuntu Karmic Koala Alpha 2, If I let Empathy 2.27.3 connect to my MSN Messenger Account, then I am unable to log into my account from any other computers. Telepathy-Butterfly 0.3.4-1 just reconnects to the MSN network and kicks off the remote machine trying to log in.

Proposed solutions:

1) detect when another client connects to msn messenger network and display a notice asking if user would like to reconnect (like pidgin does)

2) allow multiple instances of the same msn account to be open on both clients at the same time. (This feature is already available with googletalk and msn live messenger) Hopefully it can be implemented in telepathy-butterfly

Comment 1 Louis-Francis Ratté-Boulianne 2009-07-24 11:58:53 UTC

Fixed in papyon and telepathy-butterfly git master

(The first solution is implemented, you can open another enhancement bug for solution #2)

Comment 2 Nasser Hasian 2009-10-18 21:55:01 UTC

Now using Ubuntu 64-bit Karmic Koala Beta with Empathy 2.28.0.1 and telepathy-butterfly 0.5.1 & papyon 0.4.3 the problem has resurfaced.  While connected with the MSN Protocol in Empathy, I am unable to log into my MSN account on any other computer.

Comment 3 Louis-Francis Ratté-Boulianne 2010-01-18 19:25:19 UTC

So the first solution isn't woking anymore ? Empathy keeps trying to reconnect after you log in on another computer ??

(FYI, second solution has not been implemented yet)

Comment 4 Olivier Le Thanh Duong 2010-01-19 00:57:18 UTC

Hum the first solution is working for me.

Comment 5 Olivier Le Thanh Duong 2010-02-01 09:09:40 UTC

Since the first part of the bug is fixed and the second part is in the separate bug #22944, I will close this one

Comment 6 Nasser Hasian 2010-02-02 15:01:13 UTC

bug still exists while using:

telepathy-haze 0.3.2-2~ppa9.10+1
telepathy-butterfly 0.5.4-1~ppa9.10+1
python-papyon 0.4.3-1ubuntu1
empathy 2.29.5.1-1~ppa9.10+2

I did some more testing today and I have discovered that on my Ubuntu laptop with Empathy running, if it is idle then I can successfully connect to MSN Live Messenger from my windows XP computer.  I can stay connected as long as the ubuntu laptop is not disturbed.  If I press any keys or move the mouse on the Ubuntu Laptop, then Empathy reestablishes the connection to my MSN account and abruptly knocks my other computer offline again.

I'm guessing that when the status automatically changes from away to available the connection is re-established even if i have not manually confirmed the dialogue button to re-establish the msn connection in Empathy.

Comment 7 Olivier Le Thanh Duong 2010-02-18 04:00:32 UTC

Looks like a bug in empathy, telepathy-butterfly doesn't try to reconnect by itself but if the client tell him to he does.

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