After further investigation, I discovered a work-around.
The problem appears to be the result of an upgrade from a time where
gnome-online-accounts was used in ubuntu. My google account was added
there, and the ghosts of that addition seem to have echoed into 12.04 --
where that package is no longer included by default, it seems.
My workaround:
Install gnome-contacts: sudo apt-get install gnome-contacts
Open gnome contacts: gnome-contacts
In the GUI that opens, select Accounts button, then delete the account
from the resulting menu.
That causes the ghost to vanish in empathy.
You can now safely delete gnome-contacts.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Summary changed:
- go on line to edit your personal information
+ Empathy: Go on line to edit your personal information
** Tags added: empathy gnome-contacts gnome-online-accounts
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Title:
Empathy: Go on line to edit your personal information
Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I keep deleting a duplicate Google talk profile, but it reappears and
I cant change the paramiters, it says "go on line to edit your
personal profile" it will not let me just disable it.
My "correct" profile is there and works fine, I would live with this
Ghost but it keeps puting up dialogs says that a password is required.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: empathy 3.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 2 16:25:58 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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