This solution , found here, worked for me. http://askubuntu.com/questions/8696/cannot-connect-to-google-talk-using-empathy-pidgin-after-upgrading
Try this: 1. Add Google Talk account 2. Login ID: [email protected] 3. Password: ** 4. [x] Encryption required (TLS/SSL) 5. [x] Ignore SSL certificate errors 6. Resource: 7. Priority: 0 8. Server: talk.google.com 9. Port: 443 10. [x] Use old SSL -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704197 Title: google chat and facebook won't connect -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
