--- a/mcabber/src/screen.c	Sun Aug 31 12:20:54 2008 +0200
+++ b/mcabber/src/screen.c	Sun Aug 31 17:40:00 2008 +0200
@@ -1101,16 +1101,20 @@
             type = *typetmp;
         }
         g_free(mucjid);
-        // Need to generate some random color?
+        // Need to generate a color for the specified nick?
         if ((type == MC_ALL) && (!nickcolors ||
             !g_hash_table_lookup(nickcolors, line->text))) {
           char *snick, *mnick;
           nickcolor *nc;
+          const char *p = line->text;
+          unsigned int nicksum = 0;
           snick = g_strdup(line->text);
           mnick = g_strdup(line->text);
           nc = g_new(nickcolor, 1);
           ensure_string_htable(&nickcolors, NULL);
-          nc->color = nickcols[random() % nickcolcount];
+          while (*p)
+            nicksum += *p++;
+          nc->color = nickcols[nicksum % nickcolcount];
           nc->manual = FALSE;
           *snick = '<';
           snick[strlen(snick)-1] = '>';