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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How to increase Empathy notifications sound?
Is it possible to increase volume of Empathy notifications? Alert volume in sound settings already maxed out.
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Why isn't Empathy notifications any longer accessible via HUD in 12.10?
In Ubuntu 12.04, if someone contacted me via Empathy, I could write their name and open a chat window via HUD. This seems to have been disabled. People appear in the notification dropdown menu, but if ...
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Google Talk App Specific Passwords in Empathy
I have been using App Specific Passwords in Google for a while and recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10. Since then, I have been unable to get Empathy working with Google Talk. Is there a way to get it ...
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Empathy Audio Call, Video Call, Desktop Sharing and File Sending not working
When trying to make a Video or Audio Call from a Gmail account to another Gmail account it throws a window error with the following output: There was an error starting the call
I have the Gmail ...
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Empathy Sign-In automatically
When I start my machine the empathy starts unavailable until I press on the chat Icon at the upper right edge of the screen and set it as available
How can empathy start automatically after user ...
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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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Is there a way to disable a specific account in Empathy?
With the new online accounts feature, all my accounts are now centralized. However, it seems there is no way to disable a chat account without disabling this account for everything else on the system.
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local chat between empathy and telepathy?
Empathy and telepathy, both have local chat, or chat for LAN.
How configure local chat for obtain communication between empathy and telepathy clients ?
Clarification: In a LAN, one pc use telepathy ...
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Can empathy be configured to stay updated will a full conversation?
The Google Talk web app and Android app will always update themselves with all messages sent from all clients and I was wondering if Empathy can be configured to do this. For example, if I start a ...
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empathy can't connect to facebook chat
I am using ubuntu 12.10, and when I try to connect to my Facebook account through Empathy, it gets disconnected and says this account is already connected to the server.
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After upgrading to 12.10, Empathy displays 'network error' when connecting to Google Talk
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, Empathy displays 'network error' when trying to connect to Google Talk. In 12.04 (and earlier versions), Empathy was setup and functioning correctly using Google Talk.
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gnome shell message notication not showing notifications some times
I have installed gnome shell on ubuntu 11.10 . The message notification some times dosent show the notifications. It only appears after i close empathy and restart it. How to fix this?
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How do I modify the empathy notifications to only show generic messages?
Is there a way to customize the popup notifications for Empathy in Ubuntu 12.04 so that instead of displaying the message contents and the sender, they only say "New Message" or something like that? I ...
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Why do I have two IM Clients
After Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 I have had two different types of IM messaging screens. Why has this happened? and how do I get rid of one?
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Active Directory user + Upgrade to 12.10 -> Empathy is KO
I'm facing a pretty annoying bug. I've just upgraded my computer from 12.04 to 12.10. On 12.04, my user account was connected to my Active Directory server, this also works after the upgrade.
Since ...
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Empathy protocol icons
I'm surprised that Empathy can't display the protocol icons.
Even in the latest Ubuntu 12.10. I'd like to know why if someone can tell me.
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Empathy 3.6, telepathy haze, libpurple and skype -> Please help me to mix them well
I'm trying to connect skype to empathy, and here is what I have done so far.
I got Pidgin to display my skype contacts so Skype <-> libpurple works, but Empathy 3.6 does not show my Skype ...
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Empathy doesn't connect to Facebook account
Empathy worked pretty fine until last updates, now it refuses to connect to Facebook account. All other accounts work fine, except Facebook.
My username and password are 100% correct.
I'v tried to ...
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How to add custom mail id in empathy
How to add custom mail id in telepathy account manager/empathy? i.e I want to add your-name@yourcompany.org which was created in google apps. I want to use it as gmail id.
I tried logging in by ...
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How can I make Empathy retry connecting when it has a network problem
I have added Empathy to the list of applications that open by default, and it's configured to auto-connect to MSN when started, but when I login to my laptop the wifi connection takes a few seconds ...
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How can I manage Empathy (Online) accounts in Lubuntu 12.10?
I use empathy, but in Lubuntu Quantal, I cannot add/manage accounts...
Is there a workaround?
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SIP Phones unreliable past 12.04 - Empathy additional features?
I am currently running Empathy SIP, which works "ok" but it's definitely not up to the same standard that QuteCom is on Windows. QuteCom on Ubuntu is unstable, but yet still in the stable repository. ...
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How can I add other online accounts?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I'd like to add other online account (like QQ, weibo) in empathy or pidgin. How can I ?
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Empathy logs into chat networks, without beeing started?
I have Empathy installed on my Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome 3. I appear to be online in the chat networks when my computer is connected to the internet. However, I did not even start Empathy, at least not ...
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Empathy missing it's theme?
Here you can see that it is really ugly :
while my theme is:
I am on a fress install of Ubuntu 12.10.
P.s I am contacting with a facebook friend..
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How do I receive incoming Google Voice calls using Empathy?
I have a google voice number so I can receive phone calls dialed to an actual phone number when I'm logged into gmail (via the gtalk widget sidebar).
I see I can use Empathy to make voice calls with ...
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Notify-osd and Empathy bug!
Guys I'm using Gnome 3 and every time i receive a message on Empathy it open a window with title: "Empathy is ready" and the message on content!
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Configure Empathy with Office Communicator 2007
I am using Pidgin with Sipe to connect with Office Communicator 2007.
Is it is possible with Empathy?
I had imported from Pidgin but it is not working.
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How to disable sip auto answer
I just noticed that my SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) client automatically answer ALL incoming calls. Not good. I'm using telepathy-sofiasip with Empathy. I wonder how I can disable the ...
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How to configure pidgin-sipe in Empathy?
I couldn't find a way to add SIPE to Empathy in Ubuntu 12.10. I installed pidgin-sipe but I don't see the protocol in the empathy list of protocols.
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Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account [closed]
On a new installation of 12.10 Ubuntu, have added a Google account for use with Empathy. However, when attempting to connect, Empathy displays "Google Talk Account requires authorisation". Clicking on ...
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Why the “identifiant” aren't replaced by the email-address in Empathy? [closed]
Since the upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10, I can not see the email address from my Windows Live friends in Empathy.
Essentially, when I put the mouse over a contact, a little box will ...
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empathy irc text formatting
How do I post in bold, italic, colors in an irc chat windows in Empathy? and how do you mention someone if you need to direct a msg at them specifically like @someone?
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How can I enable the “Share Desktop” feature in Empathy?
What steps do I need to follow if I want to use the Share Desktop feature with another user in Empathy?
I've already enabled the Remote Desktop option through System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop ...
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sending sms using empathy
I've got gnome-phone-manager installed on ubuntu 12.04, and noticed it adds an SMS account type to Empathy. The only setting required to set up is 'bdaddr' which I think is a blue tooth address. i ...
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How to place Empathy in Gnome 3's messaging bar?
For consistency between Skype and Empathy, I'd like to put Empathy into the bottom messaging bar in Gnome 3 (Gnome Shell, if you will). Is there a way to do this?
(I use Gnome 3.4, although answers ...
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Empathy sametime client id
I have been using Pidgin as an all-in-one IM client, but now as Empathy is the default app in Ubuntu I wanted to try it out.
I have a sametime account at an external company that is keen to restrict ...
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Help with setting up AIM account
Can anyone help me configure my AIM account? I have Oneiric and I want to set up my AIM account with what I believe is a chat client (the envelope icon on the top right). It is called Empathy. \n
I ...
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No contacts in Empathy after upgrading to 3.3.2 (Ubuntu 11.10 x64) [closed]
I recently upgraded to empathy 3.3.2 per the ppa:telepathy/ppa repository and suddenly all the contacts I had from Facebook chat, GTalk and MSN Messenger dissapeared even though the accounts window ...
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Is there any way to show amount of missed Empathy messages in the launcher icon?
I use Empathy and I have a problem with notifications for non read messages.
Is there any way to show amount of missed messages at left panel icon, like Thunderbird, SkypeWrapper, .... and other ...
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Empathy 3.6.0 requires reauthorisation to Windows Live on every reboot [duplicate]
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There’s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I've been testing Ubuntu 12.10 beta2 and the only problem I've faced has been that with Windows ...
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How to setup proxychains correctly?
I am working from behind a proxy in a college, and I've been attempting to configure proxychains to work for me, but i'm unable to.
I added an HTTP proxy in the proxychains.conf file, and added ...
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Whats the name of the dropdown panel with the IM status?
So I'm trying to work out whats the name of the drop down panel in Ubuntu, the one that lets you set your IM status (online, offline, invisible etc etc).
I was on 12.04 and replaced Empathy with ...
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Empathy cannot connect with Google Talk and Facebook
My Empathy doesn't connect with Google Talk and Facebook. It worked for the first two weeks (after installation). I am using Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).
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Formating text in Empathy chat
I love the look of Empathy so much more than Pidgin and would really like to use it as my main chat client but I can't seem to find a way to format text.
It does not appear to be a feature of the ...
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Chatting with Empathy
I'd like to chat in some irc-channels hostet at freenode and i don't really know how. How do I create an account, how do I use it with Empathy?
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How do I update Empathy Messenger?
Is there a PPA for Empathy Messenger? I tried adding the Telepathy PPA but then I realised that that is not the stable PPA, and I got an error message every time I launched the Update-Manager anyway.
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Settings are not being saved
Several weeks ago I updated a Facebook and Google accounts in Empathy to use per-application passwords. However, it forgets these passwords on each reboot and I have to enter them again. However, ...
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Online accounts: Failed to get the “token” request: Can not resolve proxy hostname ()
I had my computer with Ubuntu 12.04 a few months without a network card and now it has a new and functional empathy I try to connect on Facebook or posting photos or import Shotwell right through my ...
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Empathy authentication error to XMPP server
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a new machine and have been working on setting it up, but I've run into an interesting problem.
I have a custom XMPP server for work (I don't control it, but ...
