Description of problem: The people nearby account will just eternally try to log in, and will never get anywhere. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): empathy-2.91.93-2.fc15.i686 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Fill the account information for "People Nearby" Actual results: eternally tries to log in Expected results: Logs in and discover people nearby...
This is due to the avahi service not being enabled.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 647831 ***