The other day, Google notified me that my password needed to be reset. I did so. Empathy couldn't connect, so I was going to change the password. I started having the same problem you are reporting on two different machines both running 13.04.
>From the command line, I was able to launch empathy-accounts once and delete what I believed to be the offending account, but it still isn't working. Now I can't launch it from the command line either. The only remaining account is one that has the 2-factor authentication turned on. Maybe that's where it's falling down? It used to work, but... -- 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/1181454 Title: empathy-accounts crashes on launch Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Bringing up the accounts windows just causes it to crash, no account management can be performed. There is a popup about "Ubuntu just stopped working..." The title of the crash report is "empathy-accounts crashed with SIGABRT in raise()" StacktraceTop has the offending line "raise() from /lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/libc.so.6" Ubuntu release: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 package version: empathy: Installed: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.6.0.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expectation: the "Online Accounts" window would open normally, and allow me to create/remove accounts Actual outcome: The window crashed as soon as it opened. Invoking 'empath-accounts' directly from the command line results in: $ empathy-accounts ** ERROR:empathy-user-info.c:252:fill_contact_info_grid: assertion failed: (spec != NULL) Aborted (core dumped) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1181454/+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
