Empathy Accounts Dialog Won't Launch
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:author: Aaron Ball
:email: nullspoon@iohq.net



I am currently working on a blog post on how to build a non-linux user
friendly-ish laptop (something similar to Ubuntu in software sets) using Arch
Linux (I know, not exactly the best of ideas). In this process, I installed
Empathy, a multi-medium instant messenger. When I tried to add an account
however, I ran into a strange issue that gave me very ambiguous errors (which I
unfortunately forgot to copy). After searching around, I stumbled upon
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=96918[this] forum thread that solved
my problem. The issue is that in Arch Linux, installing Empathy doesn't
automagically install telepathy, a framework for real time conversation (the
project page can be found http://www.ohloh.net/p/telepathy[here]). To fix this
issue, we simply need to install telepathy.

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pacman -S telepathy
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And with that, give Empathy a reboot
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU[three times]). I found
unfortunately however that Empathy has a process that likes to hang behind even
after quitting the application. Just run an ol' *ps -ef | grep empathy* and
kill the pid and you should be golden.


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