facebookinstant-messagingpidgin
I have searched around the net for a solution to my problem. I gave myself an account user name for facebook so I could use the chat in Pidgin 2.10.3. However, no matter what I do, Pidgin refuses to enable the account and it gives me the same message:
username@chat.facebook.com/Pidgin disabled
Not Authorized
I used the tutorial on at this blog:
http://poppleit.com/how-to-howto-use-facebook-facebookchat-facebook-chat-with-pidgin-instant-messenger-14-07-2012/#comments
You need facebook username to use with pidgin as well as empathy. Select protocol to facebook in pidgin add account
On username section enter just username i.e. facebook.com/USERNAME will take you to your facebook public page. If you don't have one you should get it.
Most of these apps are using XMPP for the service, this means that they have to be online to check for new messages, XMPP supports invisible state. Default chat client for ubuntu is empath - use that instead of Pidgin, in empathy you can set your state to invisible and it wont inform you when users go online. (You can also change that in pidgin settings window.)
Best Answer
The settings have changed recently.
open pidigin accounts and edit the facebook account to the following:
On the advanced tab: