Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.
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can not sign in online accounts with facebook
I tried to enter a new facebook account via gnome-control-center's "Online Accounts" but it doesn't work. When I click facebook, it shows a rotating icon then firefox opens and opens a page where ...
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Empathy doesn't connect to facebook accout
in System settings >> Online accounts when i add facebook account it redirects me to the browser and opens a webpage in the photo below and do nothing after that
any help ??
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Why does Empathy fail so much?
I find myself seeing the "Requires Authorisation" error every time I reboot and fire up Empathy. Most times I have to completely delete the account and add it again in order to connect. Is this ...
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Can't get online accounts to work from behind proxy
At work I am behind a proxy and I can't access my online accounts. I have setup my proxy globally but still no luck connecting to any accounts.
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How delete Gmail account from Evolution?
I would use evolution only to work (company email/calendar/contacts etc), but it's already set up an gmail account. Unfortunately I can't delete it because the "delete" button is disabled for this ...
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No Empathy Autostart in Ubuntu 13.04
I have recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 from scratch and configured two accounts in the account manager and gave permission to Empathy to access them.
After a reboot, Empathy won't autostart so I have ...
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Ubuntu 13 Online Accounts keeps closing [closed]
Im on Ubuntu 13 now, whenever I open Online Accounts or Accounts in Empathy my accounts page comes up for a few seconds then closes, so I cant add accounts?
Tried restarting and running an update, ...
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Ubuntu spying in Empathy? why closed? [migrated]
Once the question was closed
But why closed ?
This is a very important question!
To work Empathy Ubuntu asks permission to collect information about me.
Why when I do not wish to collect information ...
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how to disable Empathy notifications in ubuntu 13.04
in 12.10 there was a tab on preferences of empathy that i could configure notifications in empathy and now in 13.04 it's not available anymore
so is there any way to disable the notifications or the ...
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Gnome-Control-Panel crashes while trying to access Online Accounts
Running Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 x64.
I set up Empathy with Facebook and Google Accounts, and I sent my PC to Standby, then it showed my FB Accounts was disconnected.
Couldn't open Online Accounts (of ...
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Why does Empathy ask for permission to access my remote accounts?
In order to let Empathy work, Ubuntu asks permission to collect information about me. Why is it that when I choose that I do not want Ubuntu to collect information about me, Empathy does not work?
In ...
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Empathy doesn't show all notifications
In 13.04, Empathy doesn't show all the bubble notifications and it can't be configured. In the preferences, I can only configure sounds notifications but not visuals.
Empathy only shows bubble ...
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Why no SIP facility in 13.04?
I was able to use my plusnet broadband phone in empathy 1204, but the facility doesn't seem to be available in 13.04.
I have checked that telepathy sofiasip is installed.
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Empathy Ubuntu authorization [duplicate]
Just like in the topic :-)
How to remove this "..." Authorization Empathy in Ubuntu with Ubuntu Gnome?!
With the "invention" Empathy still has a problem connecting to the accounts!
To be honest I ...
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After 13.04 Install: Unable to Enter Online Accounts
In System Settings after an upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 I am not longer able to add Online Accounts. (I noticed this after launching Empathy, which prompted me: "You need to set up an account to see ...
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[Solved]Messaging menu's status switch grayed out [closed]
I'm using empathy for IM (mostly Facebook). After having some issues with Facebook messaging, I used
apt-get purge empathy
and then
apt-get install empathy
It reinstalled successfully but ...
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Unable to stay logged on to accounts with empathy
I have a few chat accounts which I use with frequency such as facebook chat, YIM, AIM, and MSN. I'd rather not have to download a client for each one since that would make it a pain to switch between ...
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Integrating Pidgin with Online Accounts
After upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 12.10, Pidgin does not show in the message icon anymore in the tray. I found that the upgrade enabled Empathy with a very old bunch of accounts. I would like to ...
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I can't see all my Facebook friends in the Empathy Chat
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 and I connected Empathy with my Facebook account.
It adds only a couple contacts, while I know that from the browser, many of my friends are online.
How can I solve ...
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How do I hook calls to xMessage?
I've been playing around with various Instant-Messenger clients for Ubuntu, and can't find any with a "Quick Reply"-style feature. Example:
Empathy utilizes xMessage for notification popups, which ...
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Empathy online contacts do not show up
The problem
After upgrading from 12.10. to 13.04. empathy doesn't show online contacts anymore. All accounts seem to be affected by this (facebook, ICQ). Sporadically a contact is listed as online ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 - some empathy plugins don't work
I observed on newly installed Ubuntu 13.04 that only Google plugin used in Empathy.
Meanwhile I have some additional plugins:
ICQ. Contacts not shown in Empathy. Detail card in Network Accounts is ...
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Empathy doesn't seem to be connected to Ubuntu Online Accounts
I made the decision to switch from Pidgin to Empathy on my Ubuntu 12.10 netbook. However, after uninstalling Pidgin and installing Empathy, there seems to be a disconnect between Empathy and Ubuntu ...
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Can I see previous messages (from server) in empathy?
Is there any way for empathy to display older conversations that you've had on different clients? Even when restarting the computer, messages that you just had with someone on empathy gets erased/sent ...
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Empathy and Skype [duplicate]
I know, there are many threads with the same question. Can I use Skype through Empathy?
I found many threads about this, but they are too old. So I'm asking for a working solution..
I would prefer ...
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How to view twitter with empathy?
So Pidgin would have been fine except it crashes after like 1 minute of opening with the error :
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
also some dbus error that I can't recreate now.
And Empathy is ...
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Uninstall empathy without affecting dependencies
I am trying to uninstall empathy from my Ubuntu 12.10. So I issued the following command
sudo apt-get purge empathy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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Empathy Internet Messaging Error [No reason specified]
Iam using ubuntu 12.10,
Empathy internet Messaging was working fine.
until yestrday i don't the reason it shows error under every email.
with [ No reason Specified ]
why it happened.
and how can i ...
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How do I install video4linux2 in Ubuntu 12.10, and do I need to?
I'm still pretty new to Ubuntu so please bear with me.
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and I am trying to get a couple of old external USB webcams working on my laptops. The built-in laptop webcams work ...
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Facebook chat not getting connected in Empathy
I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 for months now, and Empathy was working perfectly fine. Even Gwibber. But lately, these both have stopped working!
The connection for Facebook chat is not getting ...
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indicator-messages empathy status not working
I installed pidgin and uninstalled it shortly after. After that, the buttons
Available
Away
Busy
Invisible
Offline
don't work anymore. Whichever I press, the dot that ...
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MSN in Empathy behind firewall - port 5222 and 5223 blocked
I moved to ubuntu 12.10,Empathy 3.6.0.3 and MSN connection in my office stopped working. I'm behind company firewall which I'm not able to change. Facebook messenger looks to be falling over to 443 ...
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Remove status option from gray post icon on top bar
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, and set configuration system.
On top bar is a gray post icon, and I can add for her other application: Gmail Notifer, Fbuntu ect. But I have one problem and I can't ...
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people nearby contacts appears twice in empathy list, how to correct this?
Using empathy and "people nearby" in Ubuntu 12.04, my contacts appears twice.
This bothers me, how can I correct this ?
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Empathy Chat: People Nearby text chat OK but file transfer fails. Why? How to troubleshoot?
Problem:
Chat works (sending text and smileys) with the "People Nearby" feature but sending files silently fails. Going to Contact > Send File presents the sender with a file chooser and no error is ...
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Chat clients unable to connect to Facebook or Google accounts
I've been trying to use Pidgin / Gwibber / Empathy or any other chat client in my Ubuntu 12.10 but everytime I add an account I get a network error. Pidgin displays the verbose error "Lost connection ...
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Gnome 3 empathy can`t get the menu toolbar to show
I can`t get empathy to show me the menu toolbar in ubuntu 12.10 in Gnome. When I log in in Unity, I can see the toolbar on the top, but that is not much comfy to need to go to Unity whenever I want to ...
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Auto answer with google video call?
Does any one know any way to set up auto-answer for google video calls on an Ubuntu machine? I don't care which client is used (Empathy, Pidgin, in-browser, anything else, etc.), and I don't care how ...
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How to enable Empathy incoming message notifications?
I installed empathy in Lubuntu.
I want a notification to popup when a message is received.
However, when I open edit -> preferences -> notifications, it doesn't have an option, "show incoming ...
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Is there a way to group contacts by IM protocol in Empathy?
Just installed Ubuntu after a very long break of several years. I see that empathy is the new deal for messsaging. But all the contacts are messed up. No protocol icons what-so-ever.
I just need to ...
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Can I tell Empathy to notify me when a given contact connects?
Say I'm waiting for my contact Emma Goldman to log in. I would then like Empathy to issue a desktop notification as soon as it happens. And optionally not again the next time Emma logs on.
Is there a ...
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Unable to Integrate Facebook in Ubuntu 12.10
Facebook was working fine as recently as a week ago.
But for whatever reason, the online account for facebook had been deleted from my System Settings. When I try to re-integrate, a browser window ...
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Strange text formating in Empathy notifications in Gnome 3.6.2
My unexpanded notifications from Empathy looks like this:
Looks like the bannerBody is copied into scrollBox and placed in that notification body. But it looks pretty normal when expanded. Is this ...
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empathy and google hosts
I set static ip in /etc/hosts for some google sites (Google is blocked frequently in China).
Then empathy cannot login with google account.
How can I make empathy work with hosts binding?
I am sure ...
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Online accounts in Ubuntu 12.10 not connecting
I added my facebook and google accounts to Ubuntu online accounts recently but I keep getting the message "Connection to example@gmail.com failed No reason specified." Im not able to connect to any of ...
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Make a new chat window open when someone contacts me [duplicate]
I'd like it that when I receive a new IM, empathy launches an IM window (if one isn't already open). Is there any way to do this? I would like this to happen for two reasons:
Currently, when someone ...
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What IM clients support Jabber and show notifications on the toolbar in Ubuntu 12.10?
I'm migrating from MacOS X back to Ubuntu, and trying to find an IM client I can use. I use IM quite a bit for work, so I really need to see notifications in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
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How does one change window behaviors?
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and have spent some time learning the OS. I absolutely love it, and have no idea how I managed to program in Mac OS X when this just feels so much more intuitive (although, ...
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Certificate is self-signed for Google Talk
Whenever I start Empathy I'm getting warning about certificate being self-signed. Even if I check not to monit about it, the warning appears after restart. Beside this "connect at start-up" doesn't ...
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How to chat yahoo messenger with empathy?
I log in to my Yahoo account. But after I go to empathy, it just says that "No online contact." How can I chat?
