Ubuntu
empathy package

Empathy refuses to go online if it thinks there's no network connection

Bug #556584 reported by Dima Ryazanov
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
empathy (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: empathy

Currently, Empathy won't allow me to go online: the status dropdown and other UI widgets are greyed out. In accounts settings, it says "No network connection".
However, I'm clearly connected to the network, since I'm able to file this bug report. Just because NetworkManager reports no connection, doesn't mean I couldn't be connected in some other way - pppd, etc. Empathy should at least try to connect, rather than refusing to do anything at all. Other programs that require an internet connection work fine for me.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for taking time to report this bug and help make ubuntu better. Can you please open gconf-editior and in apps/empathy untick 'use_conn' and check if that solves the problem for you. Thanks

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Dima Ryazanov (dima-gmail) wrote :

Yes, that solved it.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for taking time to report this bug and help make ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported but feel free to report any other bug you may find

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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