I could connect, by using instructions found here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/8696/cannot-connect-to-google-talk-using- empathy-pidgin-after-upgrading
1. Add Google Talk account 2. Login ID: usern...@gmail.com 3. Password: ** 4. [x] Encryption required (TLS/SSL) 5. [x] Ignore SSL certificate errors 6. Resource: 7. Priority: 0 8. Server: talk.google.com 9. Port: 443 10. [x] Use old SSL Though, I want to EMPHASIZE, that I can connect to gtalk with the default settings after fresh boot up, only after sleeping and waking up it stops working. However, with the new settings it seems I can also connect after waking up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776271 Title: empathy does not connect to Google Talk after waking laptop up from sleep -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs