Switching IM status with indicator-applet will start Empathy and log you out of Pidgin.
Bug #538804 reported by
Ryan
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #465034: Set status via me menu logs in empathy even if the user is using Pidgin.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| indicator-me (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: indicator-applet
On Lucid, when I try to change my IM status with indicator-
This behavior is obviously incorrect and creates a bad user experience for those who prefer Pidgin to Empathy.
Uninstalling Empathy, and all the Telepathy framework/plug-ins is the only way to restore expected behavior in Pidgin.
What should happen obviously is that indicator somehow knows which one you are using and sets your status accordingly instead of stupidly launching Empathy instead.
Revision history for this message
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | indicator-applet (Ubuntu) → indicator-me (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in indicator-me (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| affects: | indicator-me (Ubuntu) → indicator-applet (Ubuntu) |
Revision history for this message
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | indicator-applet (Ubuntu) → indicator-me (Ubuntu) |
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