multiple broadcast account windows popup when accounts not configured properly

[Brian Curtis]

Binary package hint: gwibber

I'm not sure if this is a result of my deletion of all my ~/. files. (as a test of course) a while back, but the broadcast accounts window popped up multiple times as it requested me to insert a password for my identi.ca account as well as reauthorize facebook although it never made any visual notification that it wasn't authorized.
It seemed to pop-up at the update interval i specified in the preferences, and everytime it would pop-up again the amount of windows would appear to double (didn't verify exact numbers).

WORKAROUND: insert missing passwords from requested accounts and/or re-authorize facebook by deleting it and adding it again.

gwibber:
  Installed: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

gwibber-service:
  Installed: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

[Joseph Montanez (sutabi)]

I also deleted my ~/. and when i restarted it kept popping up. Deleting the accounts and re-adding them fixed it.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted gwibber into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[areskz (areskz)]

Proposed package works fine.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu3

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gwibber (2.30.0.1-0ubuntu3) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/lp_569543.patch
    - Don't allow people to click "Add" before we have enough information
      from facebook to add the account (LP: #569543)

gwibber (2.30.0.1-0ubuntu2) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/handle_facebook_keyring.patch
    - Handle prompting the user to authorize gwibber to use facebook in cases
      where the account was synced and there is no local key stored in the
      keyring (LP: #571224)
  * debian/patches/dont_spawn_multiple_accounts_dialogs.patch
    - Don't fire gwibber-accounts for each failure, only spawn it
      once (LP: #564741)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Mon, 03 May 2010 10:58:47 -0400

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to maverick, too.

[Adrienne (rykasimba)]

I am on 2.30.2 and this bug is back. I have 3 accounts. I have deleted and readded them and the broadcast accounts box comes up every time it synchs.

[bettlebrox (micktimony)]

Same problem for me with 2.30.2-0ubuntu3. Also, I don't even have Gwibber running and the popups occurs every few minutes and I have to find the pid of the process and kill it. Very annoying behaviour and I've purged it for the time being.

[David Elliott (davidrelliott)]

Same story - did a clean maverick install, restored home folder, and am now getting the account authorization popup on every sync, even though the account is listed as authorized.