I traced down the problem to one single call to the function "g_thread_init()" inside the package "pidgin-skype". As of the official glib documentation [1], the function is not needed anymore and it is deprecated from version 2.32 on, and apparently is disabled when telepathy-haze and empathy try to load the plugin.
I'm attaching a patch that comments out the call to g_thread_init. As far as I have tested it seems to work fine. [1] http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.31/glib-Deprecated-Thread- APIs.html#g-thread-init ** Patch added: "Remove call to g_thread_init" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/970885/+attachment/3121392/+files/no-g_thread_init.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970885 Title: Empathy 3.4 and pidgin-skype To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/970885/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
