Public bug reported:
When trying to add Twitter and/or Facebook (I don't know about
Identi.ca, as I don't have an account with that service) accounts using
the "Broadcast Accounts" applet for Gwibber, I encounter the following
problem:
- After the "Add" button is clicked, and "Authorize" is clicked, I am
able to successfully enter my credentials in the web page frame that
appears in the window, however, after successfully authorizing, I am
thrown back to the "Broadcast Accounts" window and the account does not
appear.
I was finally able to successfully add accounts after the actions
performed below, however, I am unsure as to which individual action led
to success. I plan on doing a fresh install of Ubuntu on another
machine, so hopefully between that fresh install and using virtual
machines, I can narrow things down to which specific action leads to a
fix.
- I closed the "Broadcast Accounts" applet since I was unable to add
any accounts. I had originally opened this applet using the Unity
launcher, just as I would open any stand-alone application.
- I opened the "Gwibber Social Client" and accessed the "Broadcast
Accounts" applet through the "Accounts" item in the "Edit" menu.
- I attempted to Add a new account. Previously, I had been changing the
color of the account label before authorizing my credentials. This
time, I didn't change any of the options presented after clicking "Add"
and straight away entered my credentials. This time, the authorization
was a success and I the account showed up in the left-side menu of the
"Broadcast Accounts" window. I then changed the color of the account
label.
- I was able to successfully add 3 Twitter accounts and 1 Facebook
account by performing the actions above.
I am unsure if changing the color was the issue, or if Gwibber Social Client
needed to be opened at least once before a broadcast account could be opened,
or if this was just a random glitch and I would have been able to successfully
add an account after closing and re-opening the "Broadcast Accounts" applet. I
just wanted to supply as much information as possible. I encountered this
specific instance of the bug after a fresh install of Ubuntu 11 but I remember
encountering it before in an earlier fresh install of 11 and after installs of
previous Ubuntu versions. I can't remember what eventually led to successfully
adding accounts in the past.
** Affects: gwibber (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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unable to add accounts using "Broadcast Accounts" applet
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