Google Talk account not working with Empathy

Question

I am setting up Ubuntu. I just got ubuntu installed this morning. I went to set up Empathy with my Google Talk account, but no matter what, it says "Authorization Failed" even though I can very well use my account INCLUDING Google Talk in my web browser. Please help me - I hope this can be fixed.

Solution 1

If you have two-factor authentication enabled, you need to create a application specific password. You can do so here

Solution 2

I have the same problem. I have had to delete my online google account in Ubuntu (13.04), then delete all authorizations for Ubuntu on my google account > security > manage apps. Via https://www.google.com/settings/security

Then, I have recreated my online account in Ubuntu with the Google Talk configuration.

Solution 3

The configuration is straightforward by creating a Jabber profile.

• Login ID: your full e-mail address
• Password: your password

Advanced

• Encryption required (TLS/SSL): checked
• Ignore SSL certificate errors: checked

Resource

• Priority: 0

Override server settings

• Server: talk.google.com
• Port: 5222

Comments

[Nitin Venkatesh]

Do you use two-factor authentication with your Google Account?

[Lekensteyn]

Try changing your password to a value not containing special characters like <, > and &.

[Swarnendu Biswas]

Are you connecting to the Internet through a proxy? If yes, then that might a possible reason for the failure.

[tlangster]

Let me see if there is a proxy there shouldn't be but you never know... Just for a fact it works on the site so it is either a problem with Ubuntu (easy) or a problem with Google (VERY BAD).

[gertvdijk]

Please don't recommend to ignore SSL certificate errors. This way you're vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.