Ubuntu
empathy package

Cannot restore buddy list if started "Hidden in background"

Bug #1249783 reported by Santiago Ward on 2013-11-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1179180: Impossible to open Empathy contact list window if already started with '-h' option. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Empathy	New	Medium	gnome-bugs #728929
	empathy (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

If I start empathy hidden in background (either through the quicklist option or through the "empathy -h" command), when I open the empathy launcher (either from the dash or from the messagging menu), nothing happens.

Ubuntu version: 13.10
Empathy package version: 3.8.4-1ubuntu2

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-23:

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

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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David Baucum (maxolasersquad) wrote on 2014-04-23:

After upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 I am running into this. I used to have "empathy -h" in my startup applications, but now that destroys my ability to use Empathy since if I start it with the -h flag it is not possible to bring up the contacts list.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-04-25