i'm also having the same problem... after upgrading to 11.10 from 11.04. I thought it was some problem in upgrading. SO i installed a fresh copy after downloading the iso image from the server. But i'm facing the same problem again...
-- 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/875481 Title: empathy automatically closes within few seconds after login Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Empathy closes after I logged in my account. If I tried to open the application again, it will again closes. So I'm not able to check who is on line. I restarted my system and tried again. The same problem happens again. I didn't met this problem in ubuntu's previous releases. Now I'm in Oneiric Ocelot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: empathy 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 16 09:52:25 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) 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/875481/+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