Are you still being affected by this behaviour in the latest release included in Ubuntu Natty Narwhal? I have checked this issue setting my personal account but it works fine for me.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758240 Title: Can't connect to GTalk with empathy, worked in 10.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/758240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs