The only way i managed to get rid of that error, was by recompiling libcurl with OpenSSL instead of GnuTLS and then recompiling python- pycurl against the new cURL library.
as an ugly hack i did: apt-get source curl then modified line 80 of debian/rules to compile using openSSL: cd debian/build-gnutls && ./configure ${CONFIGURE_ARGS} --with-ca- bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt --with-ssl --without-libssh2 After rebuilding, i installed the debs generated by dpkg-buildpackage and rebuild python-pycurl: apt-get source python-pycurl cd pycurl-7.19.0 && dpkg-buildpackage && dpkg -i ../python-pycurl_7.19.0-3_i386.deb I must mention that i can see some avatars but not others. Don't know if its related. This is the output after rebuilding curl and python-pycurl: $ gwibber-service -o -d Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Setting up monitors Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Refresh interval is set to 5 Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG ** Starting Refresh - 2010-12-06 16:15:05.36 ** Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Performing operation Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG libproxy: getting proxies Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Adding record Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <buzz:receive> Finished operation Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Loading complete: 1 - [] Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Raising gwibber client Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Gwibber Client raised -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626023 Title: Gwibber does not display any messages for Google-Buzz -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs