[Pidgin] #5950: Reconnect After Network Change e.g. VPN Connection Established

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#5950: Reconnect After Network Change e.g. VPN Connection Established
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Reporter:  graham_alton  |       Owner:  lschiere    
    Type:  defect        |      Status:  new         
Priority:  minor         |   Component:  unclassified
 Version:  2.4.2         |    Keywords:              
 Pending:  0             |  
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 I'm running Pidgin 2.4.2 on Redhat Enterprise Workstation.

 Pidgin starts automatically when I log into KDE.  If I'm at my work
 location it connects to our internal Sametime server and connects
 externally to MSN.  If I'm at home the Sametime server is not reachable
 until I have manually connected to the VPN server, so as expected Pidgin
 is only able to connect to MSN at first.

 The behavior I would expect is that after I've connected to the VPN server
 (so the Sametime server is now reachable) I would be able to click the
 "reconnect" button at the bottom of the buddy list in Pidgin and it should
 connect me to Sametime as well as MSN.  I can, of course, click the
 reconnect button but the connection is never made between Pidgin and the
 Sametime server.  However, if I shut Pidgin down at this point and restart
 it makes all the connections as I would expect (to both Sametime and MSN).

 Clearly I wouldn't expect you guys to support my VPN solution or any VPN
 in particular.  But, I thought it worth asking the question whether you
 can think of what might be going on here?

 Put simply, the chain of events is:

 1: Start KDE without VPN connection

 2: Pidgin starts automatically
  : connects to MSN

  : fails (as expected) to connect to Sametime
 3: Connect to VPN server (Sametime server now reachable)

 4. Click reconnect in Pidgin
  : connection to Sametime fails

  : multiple attempts over time do not help
 5: Quit Pidgin and restart
  : connection to Sametime and MSN successful

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5950>
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