I have the same problem. Empathy is trying to connect through my HTTP only proxy. I would not be so problematic if this does not crash the proxy...
-- 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/750429 Title: empathy uses proxy when it shouldn't Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy Empathy is trying to connect to the Windows Live (MSN) service through the proxy, but the system proxy settings only apply to HTTP and FTP. Other applications respect this, but Empathy is trying to tunnel port 1863 (MSNP) through Squid. It therefore fails. There is no way to set proxy settings within the app and adding messenger.hotmail.com to the ignore hosts makes no difference whatsoever. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: empathy 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Apr 4 16:51:25 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1889): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:1890): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/750429/+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
