[Bug 1179180] [NEW] Impossible to open Empathy contact list window if already started with '-h' option

[Sah Lee]

Public bug reported:

If I add Empathy to 'Startup Applications' to start it with '-h' option,
I'll never be able to open the contact list window.

Tried:
- If query with 'ps -ef | grep emapthy', I can see empathy is running.
- If run 'empathy' from command line, the command exits without any output, but nothing happens after that.
- If choose 'Empathy Internet Messaging' from Unity Dashboard, nothing happens.
- If choose from the locked lens, I can see the icon "blinks slowly" (if you know what I mean, I'm not native speaker of English), and then it stops blinking, nothing happens after that.

However, if I didn't start Empathy with '-h' option, everything seems
normal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: empathy 3.6.4-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 12 18:27:52 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-12 (273 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (16 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring

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