Bug 76671

Summary:	Blank character in nick name hangs MSN connection
Product:	[Applications] kopete	Reporter:	Santiago Romero <sromero>
Component:	MSN Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	crash
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Santiago Romero 2004-03-03 17:59:51 UTC

Version:           0.8.0 (using KDE 3.1.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-21mdk

I've noticed a strange error when running kopete...
A friend of mine changed his "visible" nickname (the string
that all MSN users see as the contact name) in his Windows
MSN Messenger 4.7 to lost of blank characters created by pressing  ALT + (numeric keypad) 0160 a lot of times.

 After changing his nickname, I lost the connection to the
MSN server. Every time I launch kopete, it logs into the
MSN network, and then the connection to the MSN server dies
another time.

 If he changes his nickname another time to something 
different to "lots of ALT+0160", then kopete starts and
does not hang.

 Any idea?

PS: Is not a full application crash, as my jabber connection
still works after the "error dialog".

Comment 1 Olivier Goffart 2004-03-03 18:18:57 UTC

The problem is that the kopete msn plugin escape some char while it is not needed, making this nickname longer, and this might cause disconneciton when sending back them to the server.

I'm not 100% sure it's this problem (only 92% :-D )   to confirm, a debug ouput would be nice.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 73901 ***