1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
6 <link type="guide" xref="prob-conn"/>
7 <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#problems"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="account-irc"/>
9 <title type="link" role="error-msg">“Name in use”</title>
11 An error message which says “<gui>Name in use</gui>” appears in the main window.
13 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
14 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review"/>
15 <credit type="author">
16 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
17 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
21 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
23 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
26 <title>I get a message that says “Name in use”</title>
29 This kind of error happens when you try to connect to your IRC account and
30 you are using a nickname that is already being used by someone else on that particular
37 Click on the <gui>Edit Account</gui> button in the error message.
44 In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type a new nickname.
49 If you have registered that nickname within the network you are using,
50 set the password for that nickname. For more information,
51 see <link xref="irc-nick-password"/>.
58 Deselect the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to the name of your account,
59 and then select it again to try to reconnect to the service.