This is happening to me as well. As described by Rodrigo, after a reboot it may work ok for a while. If I click "Quit" from the chat menu and launch it again sometimes it works for a while as well.
I've tried launching Empathy from a console to see if it logs anything but nothing shows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830840 Title: Chat window will not open Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: OSD notifier works, as does the "Who's online" window, but when a chat request comes in, or when you try to open a chat request with a user nothing happens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: empathy 3.1.5-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Aug 21 23:43:22 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/830840/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
