I also have this problem, far as I can tell it has nothing to do with the keyring so I don't think it is a duplicate. I have empathy listed as a startup application, but when it first starts up the contact list is empty. It list me as online and available and if someone texts me I can respond, but to get any contacts in the list I have to completely close empathy and then start it up again.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 558872 empathy accounts fail to connect after manually unlocking keyring -- 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/676828 Title: Contacts does not show up in empathy contact list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/676828/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs