[Pidgin] #181: Handle NetworkManager disconnection notices better.

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#181: Handle NetworkManager disconnection notices better.
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  Reporter:  chiefbutz     |       Owner:  seanegan
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  2.3.0   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0     
Resolution:                |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by Darwin Award Winner):

 I have this same problem - when I suspend and resume, Pidgin gives no
 indication that I was ever disconnected, but after the resume, it doesn't
 reconnect for at least 5 minutes (I'm not sure of the actual amount of
 time) unless I manually set my status to Offline and then back to
 Available. During this time, Pidgin appears to be connected, but to
 everyone else, it looks as if I have logged off.

 The same problem happens on a flaky wireless network that is frequently
 reconnecting, or even a wireless network that has a continuous but flaky
 connection. I have to toggle the status every time I lose the connection,
 which also means that I have to ''notice'' each time I lose the
 connection. In the latter case, since the network doesn't even get
 disconnected, I get absolutely no indication that I was ever disconnected,
 except that five or ten minutes later the friend I was talking to suddenly
 IM's me and asks "Where'd you go?"

 Incidentally, an easy way to tell if Pidgin is in this pseudo-connected
 state is to IM yourself. If you don't get your message back, then Pidgin
 is disconnected but it doesn't know it is.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/181#comment:35>
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