This is fixed in Ubuntu 10.10 now. They won't add an UI option to do that for now, but youcan use the gconf-key "/apps/empathy/autoaway" to do it. Thanks for reporting.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- [PATCH] Empathy should allow users to toggle auto-away mode on/off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544242 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