Can't set the status in indicator-applet-session if empathy is not running

[mikbini]

Binary package hint: indicator-applet

If I don't start empathy (either from indicator-applet or from the Applications menu) all the status lines in the indicator-applet-session menu are disabled.

This happens on a fresh lucid install.

I understand the technical reason behind this behaviour but it would be really more intuitive if the user could simply change the status and its preferred IM client launched if necessary (i.e. if the status is set to anything but offline).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: indicator-applet 0.3.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 31 10:53:53 2010
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-applet

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

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 452067, 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.