1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
6 <link type="guide" xref="prob-conn"/>
7 <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#problems"/>
9 An error message appears in the main <app>Empathy</app> window which says
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
13 <credit type="author">
14 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
15 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
19 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
21 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
25 TODO: work on this page. This error appears with the IRC account
26 when you set a nickname that is already in use on that network. We need
27 to write topics for changing your nickname and to set the password of your
31 <title>I get a message that says "Name in use"</title>
34 This kind of error happens when you try to connect to your IRC account and
35 you are using a nickname that is being used by someone else on that particular
40 To resolve this problem, click on the <gui>Edit Account</gui> button and
41 perform one of the following:
52 Set the password for that nickname, if you have registered that nickname
53 within the network you are using. For more information,
54 see <link xref="irc-nick-password"/>.