*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 550824 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550824

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 23 Apr 2011, at 21:59, Patrick Scott <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 550824 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550824
>
> I just did a clean install of Natty Beta 2 -x86 on an old spare hard
> drive. I'm afraid I am still seeing the issue even on a clean install,
> when I start ubuntu, the Change Status options in the Me Menu are
> disabled until I launch empathy. I have fixed the issue myself by  
> adding
> empathy to the "Startup Applications" dialog in System Settings.
>
> @pablomme, I am not sure why we are seeing different things here, do  
> you
> have Empathy set as a Startup Application?
>
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> Title:
>  indicator-applet-session should launch empathy if I change my status
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Invalid
> Status in Me Menu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “indicator-me” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: indicator-applet-session
>
>  If empathy is not started, indicator-applet-session will not allow me
>  to change my online status by greying out the menu.
>
>  Instead, it should automatically launch empathy if I choose to become
>  online.
>
>
>  Current situation is a big usability bug because :
>
>  - Most users will not understand that they have to start empathy  
> first.
>  - We etablish an artificial difference for two situations that are  
> similar for the end-user : having empathy launched but hidden and  
> not having empathy launched. From an user perspective, there's no  
> way to distinguish between those situatitons. And it should not be  
> the case.
>
>  Note that indicator-applet already behaves correctly.

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