Hi Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand), i perform the following command after receving your message and also i submited report.
$ apport-collect 1025852 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025852 Title: empathy wont connect to network from root login on ubuntu 12.04 fresh, without any update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1025852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs