I just switched to Pidgin. Wiped clean all Empathy-related dotfiles from my home directory. Installed Pidgin. Configured my gmail account for Pidgin. Looks like this:
http://daffy.nerius.com/temp/pidgin-configure.jpg It worked well. Quit Pidgin. Restarted it. I get this indefinitely: http://daffy.nerius.com/temp/pidgin-noconnect.jpg Going to accounts in Pidgin, I see this: http://daffy.nerius.com/temp/pidgin-xmpp.jpg Its says "XMPP" where maybe it should say "Google Talk"? I don't know if that's the problem. Anyhow, on Pidgin I have to recreate the Gtalk account every time if I want to connect. When I close and reopen Pidgin the account won't connect unless I remove it and recreate it. Maybe this is an issue with an underlying library that both Empathy and Pidgin are using to connect to Gtalk? Just a guess. BTW this is Pidgin from Debian packages on Squeeze (testing).
