With Pidgin 2.5.5, when logging in to MSN it always pops up multiple windows that say "Friendly name changes too rapidly".

[Gannin]

Binary package hint: pidgin

With Pidgin 2.5.5, when logging in to MSN it always pops up multiple windows that say "Friendly name changes too rapidly". This happens every time I login to MSN. I'm not trying to change my nickname or friendly name or anything, I'm just logging in and get this pop-up multiple times. After clicking off each pop-up, things seem to work normally.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu3~pidgin13.8.10
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: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[Gannin (spacesword)]

There's been a fix released? When did that happen? I have the latest 2.5.5 which I got through the Pidgin PPA and this problem exists there.

[Vulpes (business-relations-kr)]

Same here... and while it doesn't seem to otherwise affect my IM experience, it's still kinda annoying to see 5 warning windows pop up every time pidgin starts.

[Gannin (spacesword)]

I just updated to the latest Pidgin that came through the PPA today, and this problem still exists.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the crash has been fixed upstream now

[Alastair Irvine (alastair-al)]

Upstream bug report: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8588
(due in v2.5.6)

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

Would it be possible to backport this patch for the time being, until 2.5.6 is released? This is a pretty bad regression for some users. In my case, I get ~15 windows upon signing in. Every time MSN disconnects and reconnects, I get those 15 windows appearing again, which I have to click away, or hold down Alt+C until they all disappear.

The relevant commits are highlighted in the upstream bug report. Perhaps their changes can be combined into a single patch. I'll try to do this later if possible.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

Here's a debdiff. I've test built this and can confirm that it works.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the new 2.5.6 version is in karmic now, you can open a jaunty task if you think that's worth a SRU update and want to work on that though

[Gannin (spacesword)]

It's also in the PPA if you want to upgrade to it while using Intrepid.

[Heike (theschnuckis)]

since i really don't seem to speak this language i have to ask: can anyone point me to a place that explains how to fix it or maybe tell me exactly (step by single step) what i need to do to fix this? i did not get any of what was said here... except that there IS a fix for the 15+ windows the thing pops me... =)
thanx

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Thursday 18,February,2010 11:26 PM, Heike wrote:
> since i really don't seem to speak this language i have to ask: can anyone point me to a place that explains how to fix it or maybe tell me exactly (step by single step) what i need to do to fix this? i did not get any of what was said here... except that there IS a fix for the 15+ windows the thing pops me... =)
> thanx
>
Upgrade your pidgin installation. Newer versions have fixed this.

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Chow Loong Jin (GPG: 0x8F02A411)
Ubuntu Developer

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

See similar bug #785765. It might be a regression of this bug.