The workaround suggested by Patrick Dessalle on 2011-07-07 worked for me as well.
Inspecting the saved passwords with Seahorse, I found out that the *account name, not the password* had been saved as "IM account password for jabber". No wonder it could not authenticate. After deleting it, the correct "application password" is saved. Installed software: ii empathy 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client ii empathy-common 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client (common files) ii telepathy-gabble 0.13.5-0ubuntu2 Jabber/XMPP connection manager -- 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/754569 Title: Empathy does not support Google Application- Specific Passwords To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/754569/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
