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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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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Connect to Google Talk without giving access to my full Google Account
I would like to use Empathy as a Google Talk client. When I choose to go online, I'm asked to give is-admin@canonical.com (Ubuntu) access to manage my online Photo's, Google Drive, Emails and Videos.
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How to get rid of “untrusted connection” error in Empathy
I love Empathy but after I moved from Ubuntu to Xubuntu 11.10 and installed Empathy it broke. Every time I login I get this error message:
Both on gmail and facebook chat.
I always check "Remember ...
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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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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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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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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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Removing Empathy from 12.10 wants to remove the Gnome-Core package
I would like to remove Empathy from my Ubuntu system, (I am currently running Quantal without Unity, just Gnome). When I try remove it in Synaptic it also wants to remove Gnome-Core, which I assume ...
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Full screen or more visible Skype, Pidgin, Empathy notifications?
I work in a shared office and I have the heaphones plugged in in order not to bother my colleagues with the poping sounds of chats and incoming calls. The problem is that I miss most of my calls and ...
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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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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 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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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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Empathy not showing in messageing menu
I just installed 12.10 and noticed that, even if I added more than one account to Online Accounts and I'm actually using empathy to chat, it is not present in Messaging Menu or in any other point of ...
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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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Empathy Notifications ? How open Emphaty from envelope?
Well no, was no similar question. Ok somebody start to chat me, I got envelope. When I click on it Telepathy not Empathy opens, always. Well Empathy looks better and has nicer UI. How to make Empathy ...
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Empathy Menu is not Persistent
I have been experiencing an on-going issue with Empathy's menu. If I open Empathy after I boot my box, the Empathy menu appears normally. Once I close Empathy and reopen it later, the menu has either ...
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Bottom panel disappears when a new message arrives on Empathy in Gnome Shell Remix 12.10
Every time a contact sends a message (just when its window is closed), the bottom panel with message tray disappears. I have to press Alt+F2 and "r" and back to normal. Why it's happening?
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Does empathy work with asterisk?
Please bear with my ignorance. It is my understanding that I can use Asterisk as a back end and empathy as a front end for Voip telephony. Is that true?
The reason I am using asterisk is because I ...
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Skype doesn't work through Empathy 3.4 but works in Pidgin
I'm trying to connect to Skype throught Empathy 3.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 i386 (last update installed)
I installed the pidgin-skype plugin, but there is no bigbrownchunx-skype-dbus protocol in list.
It ...
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Empathy doesn't integrate with Messaging Menu?
Even if Empathy is running, it doesn't have a grey arrow in the Messaging Menu. Chat statuses (Available, busy, etc.) also don't work in the menu and are stuck to "Offline".
I use 12.10 Quantal ...
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video chat options greyed out in pidgin
Does anyone have any idea why both in Pidgin and Empathy all video chat options would are greyed out?
My webcam is recognised by the Ubuntu and works in Cheese, but no longer works in any chat ...
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Empathy does not recognise webcam with 12.04
there is a question with the same title but it has long forgotten. So I need to ask again. I use HP 625 laptop and yesterday upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. Then Empathy lost connection with the built-in ...
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Empathy error - Facebook connection
I set up my Facebook profile CORRECTLY, and this is what happens...
"Name is used"
(on the photo, in the red thing is this: Disconnected - Name is used)
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Sorting Empathy 3.6.0 contacts by online status [closed]
Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, which uses Empathy 3.6. I've noticed that all of my contacts are now sorted alphabetically, rather than by their online status, and Empathy's preferences don't ...
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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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How to achieve Echo Cancellation with Pulse Audio?
I want to use Echo cancellation for my Skype calls and Empathy on Ubuntu 12.10 (pulseaudio 2.1). Anyone knows how to do that?
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What is the *right* way to use gnome-shell integrated chat?
Please bear with me as I am still figuring out how to use gnome-shell. My question concerns how to use the integrated chat correctly. I have the following questions:
1) When people chat with me, it ...
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Empathy can't connect to facebook
I have problem with the Empathy, on Ubuntu 12.04!
I try to login with my Facebook information.
I receive message (I use my Ubuntu in Bulgarian language) "Unable to identify the registration ...
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Empathy no longer connects to Facebook
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and it made me switch from Windows (irrelevant). I connected Empathy to my Facebook account and it worked really well for a couple of days, and all of the sudden it tells ...
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Empathy doesn't show properly on indicator menu (12.10)
Whenever I get a message on Facebook or gtalk, a bubble pops in the upper right corner, and I hear a sound. But, the message icon doesn't turn blue, and no "new messages" or such is displayed.
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Empathy refusing to connect
I have configured Empathy with Facebook and Gmail just after installing Ubuntu 12.04. It worked flawlessly for few days and one fine day it crashed. After that when ever I am opening Empathy it is ...
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How can I stop the kde-telepathy UI from appearing under Unity when I use the messaging menu?
KDE Telepathy keeps getting in the way every time I try to use Empathy from the messaging menu. If I get a message, it opens in the KDE telepathy UI instead of in Empathy. This is rather frustrating ...
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In Empathy IRC, how do I turn off the “joined” and “disconnected” messages?
In Empathy IRC, how do I turn off the "joined" and "disconnected" messages?
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Facebook groupchat + empathy
I can't take part in a facebook group chat with Empathy. Do you know if there is a solution for this issue? Thanks a lot!
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How to input chinese in empathy?
Small problem here: I use Ibus to input chinese, until now, everything works fine, but I can't input chinese in empathy. I'm on gnome 3, enjoying the integration of empathy with the DE (so i don't ...
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Facebook integration in Empathy doesn't work in 12.10
The new web apps feature is fun, I've set up everything as it should be, but Empathy still doesn't connect to Facebook.
When I go to the "Online-accounts" dialog and open the Empathy options dialog ...
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How to get missing dependency for make empathy: glib-compile-schemas?
I Downloaded empathy-3.0.1.tar.bz2 to install in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
I ran the makefile and I got the error :
configure: error: glib-compile-schemas not found.
How can I fix this problem ? Please ...
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How to change Empathy appearance in 12.10?
Since I updated to Quantal, I cannot modify Empathy's appearance. In particular,
I want Empathy to shows just the names and status icons of my contacts, without avatars and other stuff.
In the ...
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Where does Empathy go when minimized in Gnome3 shell?
I'm trying out Gnome-shell instead of Unity and loving it. Unfortunately I can't figure out where Empathy goes when I click the close button (there is no minimize button.) I'm still logged in ...
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How to fix mission-control-5 error when using Empathy on Ubuntu 12.10
When i start Empathy messenger i get the following error:
Error contacting the Account Manager
There was an error while trying to connect to the Telepathy Account Manager. The error was:
Process ...
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Get Chat (Empathy) to pop up when people are talking to me
When people start a new convo with me, all I see initially is that the message indicator is lit. This isn't quite obvious, so I'd like the new chat window to just pop up in my face. How can I do this?
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How do I make Empathy match my keyring with my password?
I changed my password a few months ago from the password I first used when I installed Ubuntu on my machine. I tried to add a Google Talk account to Empathy, but every time Empathy gives me a message ...
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Empathy on 12.10 was connecting to Windows Live until recently
I was connecting my Windows Live account just fine to Empathy until today. I've been away for a few days so the problem may have started a few days back. It's coming up wanting me to Grant Access. ...
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How to make the Escape key close the chat window in Empathy?
In Pidgin we can select "Close conversations with the Escape key" in the preferences to close the chat window. Is there anything similar in Empathy?
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How can I automatically set my status to Busy when Empathy starts?
So I can make Empathy log me in on boot, but how do I make my initial status Busy?
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How can I see if a contact has video/voice capability in Empathy?
I'm using empathy for the first few weeks now on Ubuntu 12.10.
I can't find any symbols indicating a contact has the ability to do a video chat or voice chat...
Though I can see a "Mobile" symbol ...
