nickname is _jorde, empathy won't log in because of the underscore

Bug #711450 reported by Jorde Vorstenbosch
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
telepathy-idle
Fix Released
Medium
empathy (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
telepathy-idle (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: empathy

Trying to log in on the freenode network through empathy while my nick starts with an underscore, empathy does not like this and as a result I can't log in through this client. (it's fine through other clients)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 1 20:51:51 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy

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Jorde Vorstenbosch (jordevorstenbosch) wrote :
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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Telepathy-idle issue, switching packages

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Telepathy idle issue confirmed

Steps to reproduce:
-create an IRC account
-choose freenode
-choose nick _testcase123
-try connecting

network error received

Freenode does allow names like _testcase123

IDLE Logs Attached

Changed in telepathy-idle (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in telepathy-idle:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in telepathy-idle:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Jorde Vorstenbosch (jordevorstenbosch) wrote :

Thank you guys, good work :)

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