Empathy launches hidden

[Aaron Bentley]

When started from the messaging menu, Empathy launches with the contact list hidden, even the contact list was visible when Empathy was closed. It is as though Empathy is being launched with the --start-hidden option.

This is different from the behaviour when launched from the command line or the Dash, which is why I'm filing the bug against the messaging menu. When started from the command line, Empathy starts with the contact list visible, even if it was hidden when empathy last terminated.

Since the messaging menu's Empathy icon typically makes the contact list visible, it is strange that it does not if Empathy was not previously running. If a user has selected that icon, it is reasonable that they wanted Empathy's UI to be visible.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Not reproducible in Precise.

As far as I know, there were some issues regarding this in Natty from the Empathy side itself. Are you running Natty?

Empathy 3 fixed most of them I believe.

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

thanks for the bug report..
which version of empathy are you using ?

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

i guess you bug might be duplicate of this bug# 854666

[Aaron Bentley (abentley)]

I am using Oneiric, and Empathy 3.2.0.1. I don't think this is an Empathy bug, as the behaviour seems specific to the messaging menu. I guess you're right about it being a dupe of 854666

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 854666, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.