empathy system tray icon doesn't minimize the application

[Xavier Lucas]

Binary package hint: empathy

When empathy is minimized I can click on the system tray icon and it maximizes, showing my contacts list. But, when it's maximized, clicking on the system tray icon doesn't minimize it :S (nothing happens). To minimize it to tray icon I have to "close" the contacts list window by clicking on the "X" of the menu. It would be useful if clicking on the icon actually minimizes the application.
I don't know if it's a bug or belongs to the wishing list.

Thanks in advance.

Information:
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.32.0.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 30 10:02:41 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ca_ES.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1871): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (process:3182): Gtk-CRITICAL **: set_table: assertion `buffer->tag_table == NULL' failed

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

bug 451568 suggests this was fixed in ubuntu and now its back.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639360

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

are there any steps to reproduce this bug? I can only reproduce this bug after enabling and then disabling the empathy tray icon in ubuntu-10.10 do you face it then too?

[Xavier Lucas (xlc1986)]

I observe this problem every time I am on my computer (empathy runs as an Start-up application), so I never "enable and disable the empathy tray icon", as you say.
In fact, I use a computer at work, with maverick as well, and it works the same way, no minimization when I click on the system tray icon (please find attached an image of the region of the screen I am talking about, just in case it has another name).

Thanks in advance,
X.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

could you please comment on the upstream bug here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639360