Thanks for taking time to report this bug and helping to make ubuntu better. Please click on the envelop icon near the volume icon in the top panel and click on chat this will show empathy. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MessagingMenu furthermore you could also get the notification area icon by clicking on edit>preferences and in notifications tab untick 'show incoming messages in the messaging menu'
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Empathy does not show the notification area icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573468 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs