"Room list" in "Join Room" dialog is empty

Binary package hint: empathy

To enter a new IRC chatroom I open the "Join Room" dialog. The room list in the dialog is empty and there is no idicator for any kind of progress

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 9 10:31:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091009)
Package: empathy 2.28.0.1-1ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: empathy
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:3688): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3709): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:3861): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed