This tag is appropriate for accounts on some online service (Google, Facebook, Yahoo) that are not necessarily connected to the current Ubuntu user account on a one-to-one basis.
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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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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 do I set Facebook, Twitter and GMail accounts in the Ubuntu 13.04 online accounts?
Yesterday I updgraded my Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. I have apparently set my Twitter and my Google account (GMail, Google+, Google Docs, etc.) but I haven't could set my Facebook account. When I ...
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Can't connect facebook to online accounts in 13.04
Just install 13.04 and am having trouble setting up online accounts with facebook. It opens up firefox and when I log in it comes up with a security warning. Any ideas why this is or what I could do ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Online Accounts Settings not opening
When I go to system settings and click on online accounts, the window for the settings shows up for about half a second before disappearing. Why is this happening and how do I fix this?
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Is there a way to register a Gmail account into Online Accounts
I noticed today, while trying to develop an application for Ubuntu, that Online Accounts does not provide access to Gmail (I mean access to messages, like IMAP and SMTP), even though it clearly says ...
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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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My Ubuntu 12.04.2 Online Accounts only has Google and Windows Live accounts. Where are the others?
I just reinstalled ubuntu 12.04, fully updated it and I went to set up my online accounts. It only has two account types to add, Google and windows live accounts. There is no option to add facebook, ...
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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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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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How to use MS Exchange account in Gnome 3.8 ubuntu 13.04
just testing GNOME 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04 (in a VM).
Added my Google account to Online Accounts and it seems to work fine. Searching in the Activities overview I can find my Google contacts/documents and ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 Online accounts
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 and when setting up the online accounts for face book it said Ubuntu would like to post to your friends on your behalf. What does this message mean?
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Can I disable “Online Accounts” and still use Empathy?
I want to have control over what happens with my online presence so I absolutely do not want any software to be able to log in to any of my online accounts and post/change/delete things. Ever. Nor do ...
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1answer
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Why doesn't gnome-online-accounts accept a Google “application specific password”?
I use 2-step verification with Google, so when giving permission to gnome-online-accounts to access my Google account, I have to type in the authentication code as well. That's just fine, it's how ...
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Online-accounts not recognized by gnome-shell-google-calendar
Hey everybody I'm running Ubuntu 13.04, and everything works fine, except when I'm trying to implement the gnome-shell-google-calendar according to this guide.
It works, except that my ...
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Auth Problem - Online Accounts
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64 Turkish. I have a very annoying problem with Online Accounts. Whenever I try to auth an account, it always says:
an error occurred while loading the authentication ...
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How to add support for new services to Friends?
With the new friends-app landing in Ubuntu, it occurred to me that adding support for Instagram in the timeline would be cool. I also thought I might take a stab at it myself, but I'm having a hard ...
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Online Accounts + Facebook + Issue [12.10 64bits]
As many of us, I also having some trouble to add the Facebook Account using "Online Accounts". I used some of answers I found here, doing that step-by-step: Log in the Facebook account, access My ...
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Can't find/remove online account from Evolution
I have two accounts set up in evolution that I'm not able to remove nor from Evolution itself neither from the online account panel.
In evolution the "Delete" button is disabled when I select those ...
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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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Error when using “Open with skydrive” in gnome-shell documents?
So, I have just setup my custom domain through domains.live.com.
I have the docs etc working, I can sign in at office.com and view/create/upload documents, and the account is setup in gnome-shells ...
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How can I add a statusnet account in gwibber?
I'd like to add my StatusNet account (not identi.ca) to Gwibber, which seems to have this ability, judging by the gwibber-service-statusnet package.
The trouble is that when you go to add an ...
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Email “Invalidated”Upon Attempting To Create Account [closed]
Upon attempting to create and account and submitting my info, I receive a message saying my
email address was "invalidated"? What does this mean and how do I create an account if my email address is ...
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Multiple Dropbox accounts on the same computer
Has anyone tried running multiple Dropbox accounts on one computer? What I would like is for every user to have their own Dropbox account/folder. On the Dropbox Help Center they write:
For our ...
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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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Can't add Facebook in online accounts [closed]
I've successfully added Twitter, Flickr, and AIM accounts to Online Accounts but when I try to add Facebook, this is the scenario:
Click Add account...
Click Facebook
Instead of opening in the box ...
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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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Online Accounts, Email, and Spotify can't connect or authenticate (12.10)
I have set my proxy settings and applied them system wide. I can access the internet and get my email etc. though firefox (and Chrome), but whenever I try an app that needs to access the internet, it ...
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Can't delete Facebook and Google in Online Accounts! Where is the config file for Ubuntu Online Accounts located?
since today I have an issue with my Ubuntu Online Account Settings. I started Empathy to log into my messengers, but I got an error that Facebook, Google and MSN need an authentication. I tried to ...
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Authenticaton Problem - Online Accounts
I've got authentication problems. I'm trying to set online accounts settings for empathy in the main settings menu.
I can't get to page Where I can enter my ID's (or e-mail) and my password because ...
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Google account integration in Ubuntu 12.10
I'm new to Ubuntu and I recently installed 12.10. Since I'm having problems with online accounts (including Google, which doesn't seem to integrate anything in my OS) I would like to know what exactly ...
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What is the best multi-account Twitter client?
I used Gwibber in the past to follow two Twitter accounts I have. To distinguish between the two, it was possible to assign a different colour to each account.
Now I'm trying to use Gwibber again but ...
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Prox* authentication issue with online accounts (12.10)
I want to use Ubuntu's online accounts feature to access my Facebook account. The thing is, my school has a proxy server you have to use to access https sites. So I configured my proxy settings ...
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Provide Gnome online account
I am thinking about writing an Android-Gnome SMS utility. The cleanest way to do that seems to be by providing an online service that syncs with android and can be added as "online-account" in Gnome3.
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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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Gnome Online Accounts through proxy
I am trying to set up my Google Account through Online Accounts, but all I get is the blank screen.
I am behind an authenticated proxy server.
I have set up the following
Proxy environment ...
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Synchronize Ubuntu online accounts and Gnome online accounts
Currently there are two tools for managing online accounts available in Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Online Accounts and the Gnome Online Accounts. There are also two kinds of software using either of these two ...
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Cannot connect to online accounts in Empathy (Ubuntu 12.10)
All my online accounts that connect to Empathy for IM will not work. Empathy gives an error message of "No reason specified" for each one. Gwibber works fine, so it seems to be a problem more related ...
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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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gnome-online-account remembers my google password?
I just added my google account to gnome-online-account, assuming it'd use OAuth. I should mention I use two factor authentication.
I wrote in my google password + my verification key (but chose not ...
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Can't access to “Online Accounts” with system settings
I tried to access Online Accounts with the System Settings but it's just not there... I succeed to open it via terminal, but how can it be back with all the other System Settings icon?
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How to remove “online accounts” from “system settings”?
I uninstalled "Unity" and use "Gnome Shell" instead, but the new "online accounts" was still in the "system settings" menu. How can I completely remove it?
I tried the command below but it doesn't ...
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flickr, other account types not appearing in online-accounts
Using Shotwell, I discovered that to publish to Flickr I need to set up an online account. But the online-accounts system settings only has support for Google, Facebook, Windows Live, Microsoft ...
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Online Accounts in Ubuntu 12.10
When I head to Online Accounts and try to add Facebook, it asks me to enter username and password, then save the device by giving it a name, but then the blue circle spins around for a second or two ...
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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 configure proxy for online account authentication
When I try to register a new online account the authentication screen just hangs and finally ends in "An error occured while loading the authenication page".
I have tried to do this both at work ...
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How do I change the GMail WebApp account?
I entered in my GMail account and the webapp prompted in Firefox. I accepted and now, I want to change the GMail webapp account, but there is no option and, inside the "online accounts" from system ...
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Online Accounts blank after upgrade
After upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 I got all entries of Online Accounts blank. See the screenshot:
I tried to uninstall gnome-control-center-signon and install it back, but no luck. Is there any ...
