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  <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 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"/>    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>    
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  </info>

  <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 already being used by someone else on that particular
    network.
  </p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click the <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-edit.png">edit</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>
        Deselect the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to the name of your account, 
        and then select it again to try to reconnect to the service.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

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