this was the default behavior in karmic. though if you launch empathy from gnome-menus then you will be able to see buddy list first time.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- [karmic] Empathy needs to be started twice to see the buddy list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs