<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- type="topic"
- id="prob-conn-name">
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic"
+ id="prob-conn-name">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="prob-conn"/>
<link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#problems"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="account-irc"/>
+ <title type="link" role="error-msg">“Name in use”</title>
<desc>
- An error message appears in the main <app>Empathy</app> window which says
- "Name in use".
+ An error message which says “<gui>Name in use</gui>” appears in the main window.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-16" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.4" date="2011-12-18" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
- <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ <email its:translate="no">milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
- <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+-->
</info>
- <!--
- TODO: work on this page. This error appears with the IRC account
- when you set a nickname that is already in use on that network. We need
- to write topics for changing your nickname and to set the password of your
- nickname.
- -->
-
- <title>I get a message that says "Name in use"</title>
+ <title>I get a message that says “Name in use”</title>
<p>
- This kind of error happens when you try to connect to your IRC account and
- you are using a nickname that is being used by someone else on that particular
+ This kind of error happens when you try to connect to your IRC account and
+ you are using a nickname that is already being used by someone else on that particular
network.
</p>
- <p>
- To resolve this problem, click on the <gui>Edit Account</gui> button and
- perform one of the following:
- </p>
-
- <list>
+ <steps>
<item>
- <p>
- Change your nickname.
- </p>
+ <p>Click the <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-edit.png" its:translate="no"><span its:translate="yes">edit</span></media>
+ icon in the error message.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type a new nickname.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If you have registered that nickname within the network you are using,
+ set the password for that nickname. For more information,
+ see <link xref="irc-nick-password"/>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Set the password for that nickname, if you have registered that nickname
- within the network you are using. For more information,
- see <link xref="irc-nick-password"/>.
+ Switch the account off, and then switch it on to try to reconnect to the
+ service.
</p>
</item>
- </list>
+ </steps>
</page>