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 in the Facebook tab this shows up:
I've tried logging into Facebook using my email address AND my username, both with the same results.
Go to your account settings on Facebook and disable the Login Notifications (Security Settings). Then, try to login on Empathy. Worked here!!
I had the same problem. I've fixed it by deleting the old "Jabber" Facebook account entry, and adding a new "Facebook" account.
The new type requires you to log into Facebook via a browser-like interface, and register Ubuntu as a Facebook app, complete with app permissions and so on.
Presumably this is because the central online account is also used by Gwibber, to posts statuses, and Shotwell, to upload photos.
Here is something simple using Jabber configuration in empathy messenger:
Start empathy and choose Jabber from the Accounts menu or press f4.
Now you need to go to: https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php
and you will need to log into your facebook account from here,
next you will click "other-Windows/Mac/Linux" This will bring up a configuration pop-up for YOUR Facebook account.
By default (since there are no port configurations that i know of) all you need it this:
and there you go, you are now logged into Facebook.
I had the same problem in my Ubuntu 13.04. What I did was I ran the ff command:
sudo sed -i.bak "/<setting name=\"ClientId\">/a\ <setting name=\"AllowedSchemes\" type=\"as\">\['https','http'\]<\/setting>" /usr/share/accounts/providers/facebook.provider
It worked fine!
