H-Bomb is correct, this bug has occured in every version of Ubuntu since the switch to Empathy. New users do not know how to configure a program to auto-start. Even somewhat experienced users will not know the command needed to force a program like Empathy to start (usr/bin/empathy -h).
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, on first boot the Messaging Menu will set the users status to "Offline" by default. If a user changes their status to "Available," "Away," "Busy," or "Invisible" and then restarts or shuts down the computer, the Messaging Menu will default back to "Offline" on the next boot. A new Ubuntu adopter will be forced to set their status to "Available" after every single boot, which would result in much frustration. -- 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/941463 Title: empathy automatically start on login doesnot work Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: i have selected from the preference that auto-start on login but empathy does not start on start on login. ubuntu 12.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: empathy 3.3.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Feb 26 19:48:09 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111211) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-27 (29 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/941463/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
