Apparently, this issue was fixed with a batch of updates earlier today including empathy 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1. I still have some audio and video issues to look into, but it's possible to establish a call now so I'd consider this bug resolved...
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878943 Title: Empathy fails to start jabber audio and video calls To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/878943/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs