21Mar/110
Empathy Reports Network Error When Connecting to MSN
Issue:
telepathy-butterfly
Affects:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.10
Cause:
A bug is present in the telepathy-butterfly package.
Resolution:
An update is pending approval and will be available for both Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. Informal patches are available, however, I prefer to stick to the mainline distribution as much as possible to avoid introducing tightly coupled dependencies.
Remove telepathy-butterfly and its dependencies.
sudo killall telepathy-butterfly
sudo dpkg --purge telepathy-butterfly
sudo apt-get install telepathy-haze
sudo dpkg --purge telepathy-butterfly
sudo apt-get install telepathy-haze
Reconfigure your MSN connections and attempt to activate them. You should experience no additional issues.
References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-butterfly/+bug/513346