Forgive my offering the simple solutions first... On the matter of it not connecting when first run, have you gone into Edit Preferences and ticked the box "Automatically connect at startup". In this context startup means the starting of empathy, not the starting of Ubuntu.
On the matter of it not showing whether your contacts are available or not, you could try selecting from the menu "View | Offline contacts" and see if any appear. -- 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/776348 Title: No automatic login when launching and empty contact list or at least not displayed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/776348/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
