no, i didn't make a screenshot when i experienced the bug, but, after some googling, i changed icq server to login.icq.com instead of -slogin.icq.com which i had by default (strange, isn't it? i used to use pidgin previously on oneiric so empathy was "as is" on my updated to 12.04 system), restarted the system (because i'm still noob and do not know which processes shall i kill to make empathy respond) and empathy reconnected. it looked like it works until i received your response and now i discovered it doesn't so i make screenshots now.
-- 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/995021 Title: empathy is online, MeMenu shows offline status, empathy doesn't respond when i try to open a chat window Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Google Online Accounts and ICQ do not like each other i think. If ICQ is enabled, empathy hangs. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: empathy 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat May 5 13:55:17 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-24 (10 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/995021/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp