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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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Intermitent Facebook connection on Empathy
I'm using Empathy on Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bits) to connect to "people near me", gtalk and facebook. I've been using it for about 2 weeks with no issues.
Then suddenly today the facebook account started ...
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Empathy cannot connect to WindowsLive accounts
As the titles says, i cannot connect to my WindowsLive Account in Empathy.
messenger.hotmail.com
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The problem started when i installed Pidgin and then removed it.
I don't have ...
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How do I install Empathy MSN with XMPP in 12.04?
Just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 with virtualbox - and then installed all updates.
I was reading this - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/empathy-with-msn-xmpp-support-lands-in-ubuntu-12-04 ...
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What are the packages that are related to the empathy IM client?
As far as I know, Empathy has 2 related packages
empathy
telepathy-gabble
I want to know this so that I can update all these packages at one time to update empathy. Hope that gets rid of a few bugs ...
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Are there any other IM clients other than empathy and pidgin that support google talk?
As stated above. I need something similar to Google talk and it should be more stable than empathy. I dont like Pidgin, for it's interface makes it difficult to set statuses more often... Please let ...
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High CPU usage and several problem with “emapthy” and “e-addressbook-factory”
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 64bit installed on Dell mini 10.
And another machine with AMD phenom x4 CPU.
Both cases suffer from this symptom but with different degree.
After I right click on the contact ...
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Synchronizing/merging Empathy logs and Google chat logs
If I use Empathy to log into my Google account and chat with people, I can enable logging and have it save chat logs to my computer.
The problem is, I don't only use one computer, so I end up with ...
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How do I open a conversation window with Empathy in Gnome Shell? [closed]
I'm using Empathy in Gnome Shell, and I cannot figure out how to open a conversation window with a contact. I've tried every action I can think of that should open a conversation window, such as:
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How do I disable auto-away for online presence?
I am using Natty with with classic GNOME desktop.
I use Empathy and sometimes Skype.
Both these get the online state from the system itself somehow.
If I don't touch my keyboard for a few minutes - ...
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How can I change my display name, and avatar in Empathy?
How can I change both my display name, and avatar in Empathy Instant Messenger?
I appreciate any help.
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How do I install the Ubuntu emoticons in Empathy?
In October 2010, Otto Greenslade of the Canonical Design Team has published the so called Ubuntu emoticons in a post on the Design Blog.
In a post on OMG! Ubuntu! it was explained how you could set ...
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How can I automatically set my status to Available when I log in?
This is the first thing I do after logging in:
How can I make it happen automatically?
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How do I keep Empathy new message notifications after a disconnect? [closed]
When my internet connection goes down (which happens rather frequently here) and Empathy disconnects it drops notifications for new messages. So if I haven't opened the conversation window, I will ...
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Empathy Yahoo IM contact request spam
I'm getting maybe 20 friend requests from Yahoo IM everytime I start empathy (or my Internet goes up). Is there any way I can deal with the contact spam that doesn't involve me individually clicking ...
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How to open new IM in Empathy (instead of having to clicking envelope)?
Is there a way to configure Empathy so that when a new IM arrives I can open it using a keyboard shortcut rather than having to click the envelope icon of the Indicator Applet?
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What protocol does Empathy's “People Nearby” use, and what other chat programs use it?
What is the name of this protocol? Can I interact with people using other chat programs, like Pidgin on linux or Adium on OS X? Which programs recognize it, and which don't?
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Current Exaile song in Empathy status
I switched to Exaile a while back, and the only thing I find lacking is the Empathy integration, if I may call it that. I wish to be able to set my IM status as the currently playing music track. ...
