<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- type="topic"
- id="prob-conn-neterror">
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic"
+ id="prob-conn-neterror">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="prob-conn"/>
- <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#problems" />
<desc>
- An error message appears in the main <app>Empathy</app> window which says
- "Network error".
+ An error message which says “<gui>Network error</gui>” appears in the main window.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-17" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" 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>Phil Bull</name>
- <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
+ <email its:translate="no">philbull@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
+ <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>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+-->
</info>
-<!--
- TODO: rework this page in order to talk about the IRC problem: if you
- don't set your nickname, this is the kind of error that will be shown.
- -->
+ <title>I get a message that says “Network error”</title>
-<title>I get a message that says "Network error"</title>
+ <comment>
+ <cite date="2009-08-27">shaunm</cite>
+ <p>Empathy no longer allows you to create an IRC account without a valid
+ nick. I've removed the guide link. Remove the text.</p>
+ </comment>
-<p>
-If you try to connect and an error message appears in the main Empathy
-window which says "Network error", Empathy cannot communicate with
-the instant messaging service for some reason.
-</p>
+ <p>
+ This kind of error happens when <app>Empathy</app> cannot communicate
+ with the instant messaging service for some reason.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Also, this kind of error happens when you try to use an IRC account without
+ setting a nickname.
+ </p>
-<list>
-<item>
- <p>
- Check that you are connected to the Internet or network.
- </p>
-</item>
-<item>
- <steps>
- <item>
- <p>
- Click the <gui>Edit Account</gui> button in the error message.
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- Expand the <gui>Advanced</gui> section and make sure that the details
- such as server address and port are correct. You should be able to find
- these details from the website of the messaging service.
- </p>
- </item>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make sure that you are connected to the Internet, or to a local area network.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <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>
+ <p>
+ Check in the <gui>Advanced</gui> section that all the details are correct.
+ You should be able to find these details from the website of the messaging
+ service.
+ </p>
+<!--
<item>
- <p>
- Uncheck the <gui>Enabled</gui> box next to the name of your account and
- then check it again to try to connect to the service again.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ In the case of an IRC account, type your nickname in the <gui>Nickname</gui>
+ text box.
+ </p>
</item>
- </steps>
-</item>
-</list>
+-->
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Switch the account off, and then switch it on to try to reconnect to the
+ service.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <section id="prob-conn-neterror-proxy">
+ <title>Proxy support</title>
+ <p>
+ At the moment <app>Empathy</app> can not be configured to work with a
+ proxy.
+ </p>
+ </section>
</page>