[Bug 843798] [NEW] Setting empathy status via messaging menu deactivated when autostarting empathy

[Paul Hoell]

Public bug reported:

I usually prefer my IM application to start automatically in the
background at boot time. So i it up in start-up applications in the
system preferences using /usr/bin/empathy -h as command line.

Empathy starts fine at boot and connects to various networks. But the status switching via the messaging menu is grayed out, while being still available via the application window itself.
The only way to resolve this, is to start empathy manually after the system has finished loading.

I also tried without -h which would be the default behavior when
starting manually, but that doesn't change the behavior with autostart.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: empathy 3.1.90-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep  7 13:44:03 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug empathy indicator-messages oneiric running-unity telepathy-indicator

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  autostarting empathy

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