Empathy cannot start MSN function. After enabled in the account manager, Empathy immediately report "Network error". At the same time, /var/log/everything/current got: May 18 19:08:06 [kernel] telepathy-butte[16866]: segfault at 96a10c00 ip 0000032 a3ab78524 sp 000003d01f20e600 error 4 in libpthread-2.13.so[32a3ab6f000+18000] May 18 19:08:06 [kernel] grsec: Segmentation fault occurred at 0000000096a10c00 in /usr/libexec/telepathy-butterfly[telepathy-butte:16866] uid/euid:1000/1000 gi d/egid:1000/1000, parent /sbin/init[init:1] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0 May 18 19:08:06 [kernel] grsec: denied resource overstep by requesting 4096 for RLIMIT_CORE against limit 0 for /usr/libexec/telepathy-butterfly[telepathy-butte :16866] uid/euid:1000/1000 gid/egid:1000/1000, parent /sbin/init[init:1] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0 Empathy debug log window got following in "butterfly" section: mcd-DEBUG: .749691: account_reconnect: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .749785: _mcd_connection_release_tp_connection: 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .749865: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: butterfly/msn/moriramar_ 40hotmail_2ecom0: 2 because 1 mcd-DEBUG: .749926: mcd_account_freeze_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hot mail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .749985: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: changing connection stat us reason from 2 to 1 mcd-DEBUG: .750057: mcd_account_changed_property: called: Connection mcd-DEBUG: .750118: mcd_account_changed_property: First changed property mcd-DEBUG: .750397: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatus mcd-DEBUG: .750468: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatusReason mcd-DEBUG: .750529: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionError mcd-DEBUG: .750605: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionErrorDetails mcd-DEBUG: .750674: mcd_account_thaw_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotma il_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .750735: emit_property_changed: called mcd-DEBUG: .750914: _mcd_operation_abort: Operation abort received, aborting all children mcd-DEBUG: .750978: on_connection_abort: called (0xf53575550, account butterfly/ msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0) mcd-DEBUG: .751065: _mcd_mission_set_parent: child = 0xf53575550, parent = (nil) mcd-DEBUG: .751132: _mcd_operation_remove_mission: removing mission: 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .751194: _mcd_connection_dispose: called for object 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .751254: _mcd_connection_release_tp_connection: 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .751323: _mcd_operation_dispose: operation disposed mcd-DEBUG: .751385: _mcd_mission_dispose: mission disposed 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .751450: _mcd_mission_finalize: mission finalized 0xf53575550 mcd-DEBUG: .751511: _mcd_account_dup_parameters: called mcd-DEBUG: .751710: _mcd_mission_set_parent: child = 0xf535750d0, parent = 0xf53 559d80 mcd-DEBUG: .751787: mcd_manager_create_connection: Created a connection 0xf53575 0d0 for account: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .751849: _mcd_connection_connect: called for 0xf535750d0, account but terfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .751913: _mcd_connection_connect_with_params: Trying connect account: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .751976: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: butterfly/msn/moriramar_ 40hotmail_2ecom0: 1 because 1 mcd-DEBUG: .752042: mcd_account_freeze_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hot mail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .752100: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: changing connection stat us from 2 to 1 mcd-DEBUG: .752160: mcd_account_changed_property: called: Connection mcd-DEBUG: .752218: mcd_account_changed_property: First changed property mcd-DEBUG: .755371: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatus mcd-DEBUG: .755501: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatusReason mcd-DEBUG: .755569: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionError mcd-DEBUG: .755642: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionErrorDetails mcd-DEBUG: .755711: mcd_account_thaw_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .755772: emit_property_changed: called mcd-DEBUG: .244579: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0: 2 because 2 mcd-DEBUG: .244682: mcd_account_freeze_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .244746: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: changing connection status from 1 to 2 mcd-DEBUG: .244807: _mcd_account_set_connection_status: changing connection status reason from 1 to 2 mcd-DEBUG: .244867: mcd_account_changed_property: called: Connection mcd-DEBUG: .244927: mcd_account_changed_property: First changed property mcd-DEBUG: .245224: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatus mcd-DEBUG: .245297: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionStatusReason mcd-DEBUG: .245358: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionError mcd-DEBUG: .245430: mcd_account_changed_property: called: ConnectionErrorDetails mcd-DEBUG: .245496: mcd_account_thaw_properties: butterfly/msn/moriramar_40hotmail_2ecom0 mcd-DEBUG: .245557: emit_property_changed: called mcd-WARNING: .244560: request_connection_cb: RequestConnection failed: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) For some related packages' version: [I] dev-python/papyon Installed versions: 0.5.4(10:01:38 PM 05/17/2011) [I] net-im/empathy Installed versions: 2.34.0-r1(10:59:14 PM 05/15/2011)(nautilus networkmanager spell webkit -debug -eds -map -test) [I] dev-lang/python Installed versions: 2.7.1-r1(2.7)(03:04:33 PM 05/13/2011)(gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads wide-unicode xml -berkdb -build -doc -elibc_uclibc -examples -tk -wininst) 3.2(3.2)(10:30:33 PM 05/15/2011)(gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads wide-unicode xml -build -doc -elibc_uclibc -examples -tk -wininst) I god only one time successful connected, which is launched by Empathy itself and I don't know why. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. ~amd64 keyword, msn flag 2. emerge empathy and telepathy-mission-control 3. Launch empathy and setup a MSN account 4. Enable the MSN account to have it connect Actual Results: Network error. Expected Results: Successfully connected. Portage 2.1.9.49 (hardened/linux/amd64/desktop, gcc-4.5.2, glibc-2.13-r2, 2.6.38-hardened-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-hardened-r4-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_II_Neo_K345_Dual-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.0.2 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 18 May 2011 01:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p10 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.38 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.163.com/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="zh_TW zh" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/var/lib/ebuilds/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/ebuilds/sunrise /var/lib/ebuilds/haskell /var/lib/ebuilds/gentoo-china /var/lib/ebuilds/oss-overlay /var/lib/ebuilds/science /var/lib/ebuilds/local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi amd64 avahi bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cjk cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus djvu dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac gdbm gdu gif gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk hardened iconv ipv6 jpeg jpeg2k justify lame lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msn mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp oss pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python readline samba sdl session spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs system-sqlite taglib tcpd tiff truetype udev unicode upnp urandom usb v4l v4l2 vaapi vim-syntax vorbis webkit x264 xcb xcomposite xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="braindump flow karbon kexi kpresenter krita tables words" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" DRACUT_MODULES="crypt lvm plymouth syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="zh_TW zh" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
I cannot reproduce, can you test on a fully updated system? Also try on a new created user account