Have you tried the work around: sudo apt-get remove telepathy-gabble telepathy-butterfly?
(therefore forcing apps to use telepathy-haze) 2010/10/12 Harsh Kumar <304...@bugs.launchpad.net> > Bug exists in Ubuntu 10.10 > > Please fix this bug. Its annoying that ubuntu is shipping applications > these days with no proxy support. I have been searching ways to run > empathy and gwibber behind proxy for last 2 days. Its frustrating. > > -- > Does not use system proxy settings > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304889 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Unknown > Status in Jabber/XMPP connection manager: Confirmed > Status in Telepathy Haze: Confirmed > Status in A full-featured IRC connection manager for telepathy.: Confirmed > Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “empathy” source package in Lucid: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: empathy > > Empathy wont connect to any major service trough a proxy. I've tried Google > Talk, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo. > I set the proxy preferences in GNOME, it's a plain proxy for all protocols, > without authentication. > > Pidgin works normally in the same setup. > > Ubuntu 8.10, Empathy 2.24.1 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/304889/+subscribe > -- Pablo A. Iturralde -- Does not use system proxy settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs