#547647 pidgin: Doesn't show IRC window nor buddies from accounts unless disabling and enabling them

Package:
pidgin
Source:
pidgin
Description:
graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
Submitter:
Manuel Bilderbeek
Date:
2026-07-06 17:45:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#547647#5
Date:
2009-09-21 10:50:41 UTC
From:
To:
Since I got Pidgin 2.6 installed (I do daily upgrades from testing), I
have a problem with auto-log-in. I have 2 accounts enabled, an IRC
account (with auto-join) and an LCS/OCS account. Before the upgrade, it
would autologin on both accounts and show me the buddies from the
LCS/OCS account and show the IRC window for the IRC account.

This has stopped working. However, when I disable the account and then
enable it again, it suddenly does what I expected it to do at start up:
shows the IRC window (on the proper channel) for the IRC account and
show the buddies for the LCS/OCS account...

Something broke?
#547647#10
Date:
2009-09-22 22:57:21 UTC
From:
To:
I'm getting the same problem. I attach an edited output from running
"pidgin -d", then disabling and re-enabling my account, in case this
helps identify the problem.

Thanks,

John
#547647#15
Date:
2009-11-14 16:13:46 UTC
From:
To:
Just wanted to mention that I am getting this exact same bug with same
symptoms and workaround.
#547647#20
Date:
2009-11-22 22:54:46 UTC
From:
To:
Same bug for me, same workaround.  It's been going on for months now and it's
been driving me nuts.  Log from pidgin -d attached.

 - Anne
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#547647#25
Date:
2009-11-22 23:32:45 UTC
From:
To:
Anne C. Hanna wrote:

Are you seeing exactly the same bug, or are you seeing it for XMPP? I
don't see anything about IRC in the debug log you attached. Does the log
show you reconnecting manually?
#547647#34
Date:
2009-11-22 23:58:26 UTC
From:
To:
Ari Pollak wrote:

Sorry for being unclear.  It's the same bug with XMPP instead of IRC.  The log
shows me starting the program with the relevant XMPP account enabled, having it
fail to request my password or load my buddy lists, and then me disabling and
re-enabling the account and having it load successfully.
#547647#39
Date:
2009-11-23 01:32:19 UTC
From:
To:
I don't know if this information will be of any use, but we discovered that
disabling NetworkManager ("/etc/init.d/network-manager stop") seems to make this
problem go away, as long as NetworkManager stays off.

 - Anne
#547647#54
Date:
2021-08-30 18:38:16 UTC
From:
To:
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