Bug#538738: ekiga: Can not register (timeout) on 3.2.1~git20090515.9d0263-1

[Eugen Dedu]

forwarded 538738 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579938
retitle 538738 becomes unusable after one hour or so
severity 538738 normal
thanks

ael wrote:
> Eugen Dedu wrote:
>>
>> This is a known issue: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579938
> 
> Ok. Maybe this bug is now just a reference to that one.
> 
>> In ekiga v3 you can contact people in your network (LAN), through avahi. 
> 
> Ok. That explains the reserved 192.168.*.* local address.
> 
>>  According to my limited ekiga knowledge, ekiga v3 starts registration 
>> on all the interfaces.  However, the SIP server should have retained 
>> only one (again, I might be wrong, I do not know much of SIP).
> 
> I *think* sipgate are using asterisk, maybe modified, but I am not sure.
> As far as I can tell, sipgate calls are working (echo tests ok), so 
> maybe it is harmless.
> 
>> So what is bug now?  Is it that upon changing version, ekiga should be 
>> started twice?
> 
> As above, I think it is just a reference to the upstream bug. Perhaps it 
> should stay open until the upstream bug is closed?