Unable to set my status to 'offline' from the messaging menu after boot

[Olivier Tilloy]

When I boot my machine and log in to my session, the IM status in the messaging menu is initially 'available'.

If I try to change it to 'offline' from the messaging menu, the status isn’t updated, no matter how many times I click the entry in the menu (the green light remains on in the bottom-right corner of the envelope and the entry selected in the menu is still 'available').

If I launch empathy from the messaging menu, and then change the status from the messaging menu, the status is then correctly updated.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: indicator-messages 12.10.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 2c7995ffdf051a6d0adf7ab2c7be5ba9
CheckboxSystem: 7e42599bda39ea7ff8b528272b6ef52b
Date: Thu Sep 27 10:35:52 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
SourcePackage: indicator-messages
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-30 (27 days ago)

[Lars Karlitski (larsu)]

The messaging menu doesn't set any status itself, it only reflects the status of all registered applications.

So this is really a bug in telepathy-indicator, which (a) tells the messaging menu that it is online when it is not and (b) doesn't react when the messaging menu tells it to go offline.

It might be similar to bug #1046360.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.