Password shows in gAIM text boxes, not screen name, on my end, screen name at recipient's end.

[LargeBear]

Binary package hint: gaim

When I send a line of text to someone, it shows the password for my account on my end, but shows my screen name on the other end. Happens in Yahoo Messenger and in AIM. Example: my end shows "password", the other end shows "LargeBear".

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 22 21:55:32 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gaim
Package: gaim 1:2.0.0+beta6-1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gaim
ProcCwd: /home/djmann
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gaim
Uname: Linux kodiak 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug. Do you mean in the message window? I don't confirm that on my desktop, weird bug

[LargeBear (djmann-kodiakservices)]

Yes. In the message window. On MY end only.

On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:47 AM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:

> Thank you for your bug. Do you mean in the message window? I don't
> confirm that on my desktop, weird bug
>
> --
> Password shows in gAIM text boxes, not screen name, on my end,
> screen name at recipient's end.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109122
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

[br0ken (br0ken1)]

i also have this problem in ubuntu 8.04 (hardy).. 2.6.24-21-generic kernel..

[Michael Lueck (mlueck)]

aaahh, raising my hand.

In the Modify Account dialog, it asks the password in one field, not twice as I had previously thought. The "second password field" is actually the "Local alias" field.

Typing in a made up alias to that field solved the problem for me. Works correctly in 8.04 with current updates.

I am guessing that was the same problem that the OP had as well.

[br0ken (br0ken1)]

Michael,
This worked for me as well. I never typed my password into the alias field, but somehow it was there. Removed it and now my actual screen name is showing up in the chat dialogues.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

do you still get the issue?

[LargeBear (djmann-kodiakservices)]

I long ago abandoned my use of Ubuntu, so it is a moot point.

On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:

> do you still get the issue?
>
> ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> --
> Password shows in gAIM text boxes, not screen name, on my end,
> screen name at recipient's end.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109122
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.