i've encountered similar problem + a special bonus : couldn't change preferences. launching empathy in a terminal to get the error message reported that .config/dconf/user could not be written
mkdr .config/dconf solved the issue ! hope it'll help. -- 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/838697 Title: "Ubuntu" theme not applied to chat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/838697/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
