[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-28 Thread Rob Whalley
All seems fine now, marking as invlaid, as wasn't due to a bug but rather the account itself. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https:/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-27 Thread Rob Whalley
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=182084 "It can take up to 10 minutes for a new primary email address to be reflected throughout the system, 24 hours for domain and personal contact changes to take effect, and up to 3 days before the user can use Google Talk." -- Y

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-27 Thread Rob Whalley
Ok, mostly sorted now, it was the account. Although chat from Google+ was possible when logged into the account in Firefox, the account associated with the non-gmail address started life as a youtube account, hence it had never been connected to a gmail account. This seems to be a requirement, see

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-26 Thread Rob Whalley
@Steven - thanks, that makes sense... unfortunately no matter how many times the accounts are removed and re-added (and the stored credentials in seahorse deleted), this does not resolve the problem here. Have created a blank user account on the machine and reproduced the problem. A different goog

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-25 Thread Rob Whalley
Could be missing something but believe the solution was: "So the solution seems to be to remove an old Google Account that was configured with a(n application-specific) password and add a new one with OAuth2 using your regular password (+ phone code) and allowing Ubuntu to access your account."

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] Re: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-24 Thread Rob Whalley
@Steven Roose - I'm not sure that the proposed fix is correct for the bug that was originally raised, after all I'm not using 2-step verification. Those who have fixed their problem using the proposed workaround are using 2-step verification from what I can tell? -- You received this bug notifica

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069531] [NEW] Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account

2012-10-21 Thread Rob Whalley
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 12.10 Release:12.10 empathy: Installed: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expe