I now think this may be due to the fact that I keep my /home/jay/.local directory as a symlink to /var/jay/.local on my SSD. This didn't used to be a problem in Natty, so I don't know what changed.
** Summary changed: - Empathy doesn't remember favorites after desktop logout + Empathy doesn't remember favorites, chat logs when ~/.local is a symlink -- 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/874671 Title: Empathy doesn't remember favorites, chat logs when ~/.local is a symlink Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to Oneiric, all of my Empathy favorites have been forgotten. Setting them again doesn't survive a logout/login cycle. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: empathy 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 14 18:48:13 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago) XsessionErrors: (SparkleShare:3997): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_str_has_suffix: assertion `str != NULL' failed (gwibber-service:3991): libindicate-WARNING **: Menu being changed when the indicator is visible. Listeners will NOT be notified of this change. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/874671/+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
