I just did a fresh install of Raring today on both my Desktop (64bit) and Laptop (32bit). I also installed all available updates on both. I can confirm that this is an issue in both and is extremely easy to reproduce. I tried to use dconf-editor to enable the "Hidden Window" option and it does nothing at all. The only way to get Empathy to start hidden is the use of one of the two command line options and both cause you to lose access to the contact list permanently, even while everything else runs fine in the background. I can receive messages fine, for example. When I click on them, I can see the chat window and respond like normal.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1179180 Title: Impossible to open Empathy contact list window if already started with '-h' option Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If I add Empathy to 'Startup Applications' to start it with '-h' option, I'll never be able to open the contact list window. Tried: - If query with 'ps -ef | grep emapthy', I can see empathy is running. - If run 'empathy' from command line, the command exits without any output, but nothing happens after that. - If choose 'Empathy Internet Messaging' from Unity Dashboard, nothing happens. - If choose from the locked lens, I can see the icon "blinks slowly" (if you know what I mean, I'm not native speaker of English), and then it stops blinking, nothing happens after that. However, if I didn't start Empathy with '-h' option, everything seems normal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: empathy 3.6.4-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 12 18:27:52 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-12 (273 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (16 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1179180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
