Ok, mostly sorted now, it was the account. Although chat from Google+ was possible when logged into the account in Firefox, the account associated with the non-gmail address started life as a youtube account, hence it had never been connected to a gmail account. This seems to be a requirement, see also:
http://support.google.com/talk/answer/141360?hl=en http://superuser.com/questions/444262/using-google-talk-with-a-non-apps-non-gmail-google-account So, added a gmail account, removed it and re-established the non-gmail account as the primary login. Can now sign in to Empathy properly. Tested by sending an invite to a second gmail account not already displayed in the G+ chat list of online users. This worked properly and could send message back and forth as expected. However, as yet all of the existing G+ contacts are showing as offline (which they are not - the second gmail account has a contact that is visible to both accounts and can see that contact fine). This could be a result of the account having been messed around with, won't know for sure for a while, as it's possible any changes may take a while to propogate, just a heads up if anyone else has the same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069531 Title: Cannot login to Empathy after setting up Google online account To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1069531/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
