[sldev] why can an avatar get stuck (unable to log back in and not getting logged out)?

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-04-03, at 18:09, Thomas Grimshaw wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>> On 2008-04-03, at 17:34, Lawson English wrote:
>>> I know, but if the system doesn't respond to the second login  
>>> attempt by completing the logout, then a timer to trigger  
>>> completing the logout probably won't work all the way through the  
>>> system either since it would use the same communications  
>>> protocols to finish the logout.
>>

>> Perhaps, and yet sending an instant message can often force the  
>> process to complete.

> That will only show the user as offline to the person who sent the IM.


This is a regular workaround I use when I am "hung" and unable to log  
in. Log in as an alt, send an IM, and try again, and it works. I've  
only had one time that sending an IM failed, and on that case it  
*didn't* show me as offline... every time it's shown me as offline,  
that's completed the logout.