follow up: I suspended the machine, got back, and the connection worked I hibernated, turned it on again... the connection didn't work, tried to reconnect, disabled the account, enabled it gain: "network error" then I ran killall telepathy-butterfly and everything worked.
here is an extract of the debug log: .... .... empathy/Other-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.122586: idle_session_status_changed_cb: Session idle state changed, yes -> no empathy/Other-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.122623: idle_session_status_changed_cb: Restoring state to 2 empathy/Other-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.122647: empathy_idle_set_presence: Changing presence to (null) (2) empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.155586: contact_list_store_contact_updated_cb: Contact:'myem...@gmail.com' updated, checking roster is in sync... empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.155668: contact_list_store_contact_update: Contact:'myem...@gmail.com' in list:YES, should be:YES empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.155697: contact_list_store_contact_update: Set active (contact updated) empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.156014: contact_list_store_contact_updated_cb: Contact:'myem...@gmail.com' updated, checking roster is in sync... empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.156079: contact_list_store_contact_update: Contact:'myem...@gmail.com' in list:YES, should be:YES empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.156105: contact_list_store_contact_update: Set active (contact updated) empathy/Other-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:29.180330: idle_presence_changed_cb: Presence changed to 'available' (2) "" empathy/(null)-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:31.277704: tp_contact_factory_weak_notify: Remove finalized contact 0x8d23260 empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:31.277764: contact_finalize: finalize: 0x8d23260 empathy/Account-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:54:40.763581: empathy_accounts_dialog_show_application: Launching empathy-accounts (if_needed: 0, hidden: 0, account: /org/freedesktop/Telepathy/Account/butterfly/msn/MYHOTMAIL_40hotmail_2ecom0) .... empathy/Contact-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:59:48.631114: contact_manager_status_changed_cb: Adding new connection: /org/freedesktop/Telepathy/Connection/butterfly/msn/MYHOTMAIL_40hotmail_2ecom empathy/(null)-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:59:48.859230: list_ensure_channel_cb: failed: TargetID stored not valid for type 3 empathy/(null)-DEBUG: 05/15/2010 10:59:48.958123: tp_contact_list_group_ready_cb: Group net added ... -- MSN connection does not work: Network error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513346 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