[Pidgin] #8127: After internet connection drop pidgin doesn't reconnect

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#8127: After internet connection drop pidgin doesn't reconnect
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 Reporter:  foiz5000                                 |           Owner:              
     Type:  defect                                   |          Status:  pending     
Milestone:                                           |       Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.4                                    |      Resolution:              
 Keywords:  automatically reconnect lost connection  |   Launchpad_bug:              
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Changes (by foiz5000):

  * status:  pending => new


Old description:

> I have a somewhat unstable Internet connection that drops a lot
> (apartment building with too many splitters seem to be the reason for
> that and it cannot be fixed) and everytime this happens with the latest
> pidgin 2.5.4 none of the services reconnect. I have to close pidgin and
> restart it to remedy the problem.
>
> On 2.5.3 it would do this with just MSN a lot but now all of the services
> stay offline even after 10 minutes (they seem to just never attempt to
> reconect).

New description:

 The problem seemed to occur on both winXP and vista for me. In ubuntu 8.10
 last I checked about a week ago it was still a version behind (2.5.3  I
 beleive) in the add remove programs.

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