I am having an odd problem running pidgin 2.3 (compiled from source). After I log out and quit the application -- users on my buddy lists (Im using it for my AIM and Yahoo messenger accounts) complain that it constantly shows me toggling from online to offline every couple seconds. However, on my linux box there are no pidgin process running, no open sockets, nothing.... Very very odd problem. This problem occurs on my laptop and my desktop. The problem spans my office network and my home network. (ie when using my laptop at home it exhibits this behavior as well)
With the absence of any pidgin processes on my linux host, the only thing I can think of is that the application did not gracefully close its connection to the IM server, however these sockets timeout after 6 minutes (at most) on most platforms, and my problem spans several hours at times. I get no logs, no core files, nothing on the linux host that even hints at a problem. From the perspective of my linux client, the application appears to behave as advertised. (it does crash when I try to make myself appear permanently offline to a single yahoo contact but I can live w/o that) On a sidenote, any alternatives to pidgin for accessing Yahoo's messenger service? (and AIM as well but I can live w/o aim) Thanks, CC -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
