Same issue. I received a notice that I had a subscription request (a buddy added me). I ended up having to use pidgin to authorize the request. Afterwards, the buddy appeared in empathy properly.
empathy probably expects notification-daemon with interactive notifications. -- Empathy - cannot answer SIP calls nor accept XMPP subscription request https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440865 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs