The fix mentioned in comment #29 has been included in the latest GNOME development snapshot 2.31.3. From the release notes:
======================================== NEWS: empathy-2.31.3 ======================================== NEW in 2.31.3 (07/06/2010) ============= The "Curtain required call" release. This new release brings significant improvements to the spell checker. It should also fix connection issues with Facebook accounts. If you experienced issues with previous versions you should recreate your account and give it another try. Empathy now depends on telepathy-glib 0.11.6. Bugs fixed: - Fixed #619862, "Network error" on connecting to Facebook Chat (Guillaume Desmottes) -- facebook chat not working on Empathy in lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs