I also have gtalk and I can sign in and send people messages but can never receive them. This happens on all my machines and over reinstalls so I am led to believe that it's something with my gtalk account and empathy.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Empathy contact list does not update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382999 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs