I might not know exactly how the messaging applet should work. But if you have pidgin running and you use the status applet, empathy should definitely not be involved in it.
I think that only running programs should be affected by status changes. am I wrong? -- it is possible to connect to IM even if empathy is not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471406 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