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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970885 Title: Empathy 3.4 and pidgin-skype Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I'm trying to connect to Skype throught Empathy 3.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 i386 (last update installed) I installed the pidgin-skype plugin, but there is no bigbrownchunx-skype-dbus protocol in list. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: empathy 3.4.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 1 19:30:35 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328) SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/970885/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
