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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50279     
           Summary: Kopete won't connect if started before Internet
                    connection
           Product: kopete
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kopete-devel@kde.org
        ReportedBy: william.stephenson@ncl.ac.uk


Version:           CVS of 05/11/02 (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.2 
OS:          Linux

I use a modem to connect to my ISP.  Kopete starts with the rest of my desktop, but if I try to connect it after dialling in, the plugins (MSN + ICQ) fail to connect.  They remain in the connecting state.  

If I start Kopete _after_ dialling in, it works properly.

It appears that either IM servers' IP addresses are looked up at startup, which fails, or that the resolver is setup once at startup, and so does not notice when my /etc/resolv.conf is modified when I dial in.  

I've checked this theory by looking up the servers (messenger.hotmail.com and login.icq.com) IP addresses by hand and entering these in kopeterc, and this solves my problem.  However, the hostnames are a more reliable way of connecting as the servers seem to be running some kind of rotating DNS for load balancing.

No other programs exhibit this behaviour.