I also experience this problem. The following is not a fix....but if you really need to use groups.im, i have found that aMSN works fine with it, and you can view the name of sender on each line of chat.
to install, type the following in a terminal window. sudo apt-get install aMSN -- Unable to view names on groups from http://groups.im/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319358 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