For Ubuntu Karmic users who are using Empathy rather than Pidgin, some of you might have difficulties connecting to the FB Chat network. The most common seen problem is the Authentication Failed message. Here’s the fix: Open your Empathy. Go to Edit -> Accounts.
In the new window, click Add. Select Jabber in the dropdown field and check the box “Reuse an existing account“. (Do not select “Create a new account”. You will have authentication error later on)
Enter your Facebook login name and append @chat.facebook.com at the back as the Login ID. For example: damienoh@chat.facebook.com Enter your Facebook login password. Click Connect.
That’s it. You should be able to connect to Facebook Chat from Empathy now. Note: If you have just created your Facebook username, you will need to log out and login again to your Facebook account before you can connect with Empathy. For those who are connecting from other IM applications, you can easily add your Facebook chat with the following configuration: Protocol: XMPP or Jabber Username: your facebook username Domain: chat.facebook.com Jabber ID: your-facebook-username@chat.facebook.com Password: your Facebook password Advanced Settings Port: 5222 Server: chat.facebook.com Use SSL/TLS: no Allow Plaintext Authentication: no
