So, after reading through the logs that apport-bug included it seems this was an apparmor issue, which makes sense (although there was no indication of it, but I suppose that is expected).
I'm closing this bug, but have opened bug #843552 about a related apparmor profile issue (profile doesn't allow local overrides). ** Changed in: telepathy-mission-control-5 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/843546 Title: mission-control unable to load account information through symlinks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-mission-control-5/+bug/843546/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs