msn protocol: read error 104

[xwl]

It looks like that MSN in bitlbee(from cvs) isn't very stable. It keeps disconnecting due to "read error 104" randomly.

When i change to pidgin, its MSN seems pretty stable.

This "read error" is printed by myself, by inserting a line into msn_ns_call(), ns.c:

	if( msn_handler( md->handler ) == -1 ) /* Don't do this on ret == 0, it's already done then. */
	{
		serv_got_crap( gc, "read() error: errno = %d", errno);
		hide_login_progress( gc, "Error while reading from server" );
		signoff( gc );

		return FALSE;
	}

i'm running cvs bitlbee on debian(unstable) powerpc.

[wilmer]

Does this still happen? errno 104 seems to be "Connection reset by peer". So that's usually not really BitlBee's fault. Do you know when this happens exactly?

[anonymous]

Yes, but *randomly* ! I don't know exactly what triggers that. I just cut two screenshot when bitlbee disconnects itself currently.

13:34 <bitlbee> 69 buddies (13 available, 10 away, 46 offline)
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - read() error: errno = 104
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Login error: Error while reading from server
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Signing off..
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Reconnecting in 20 seconds..
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connecting
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connected to server, waiting for reply
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Transferring to other server
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connected to server, waiting for reply
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Authenticated, getting buddy list
13:45 <bitlbee> msn - Logged in


13:47 <bitlbee> 69 buddies (11 available, 12 away, 46 offline)
14:02 <bitlbee> msn - read() error: errno = 104
14:02 <bitlbee> msn - Login error: Error while reading from server
14:02 <bitlbee> msn - Signing off..
14:02 <bitlbee> msn - Reconnecting in 20 seconds..
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connecting
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connected to server, waiting for reply
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Transferring to other server
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Connected to server, waiting for reply
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logging in: Authenticated, getting buddy list
14:03 <bitlbee> msn - Logged in

The network environment should be fairly okay, since my colleagues who runs MSN on Window XP don't have such problem. (Actually, ussualy when we are chatting in some MSN group, bitlbee would disconnect now and then..)

[wilmer]

Does this still happen?

[xwl]

Are there any updates to bitlbee ?

I'm sorry I have stopped using bitlbee for sometime. I'm using adium now. So i can't tell..

[wilmer]

Ok.. I'd need some traffic dumps to make any sense from this anyway. The error message makes it pretty likely that the server just terminated your connection. Not sure why Adium doesn't have this problem, possibly it's better at silently reconnecting.

Closing this now.