Hi, I had the same issue, and I figured out how to do change the handler (Ubuntu 12.10).
Edit /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Client.KTp.TextUi.service to comment out (or remove) the link to ktp-text-ui and use Empathy instead. In the end, the service file will look like this: [D-BUS Service] Name=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Client.KTp.TextUi # Exec=/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/ktp-text-ui Exec=/usr/lib/empathy/empathy-chat After this, I figured I had to restart dbus, but doing a "sudo service dbus restart" is evidently a bad idea, since it locks up everything. So I suppose you have to log out and log back in (or reboot, which is what I ended up having to do). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951104 Title: kde-telepathy-text-ui hijacks Empathy in Unity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/951104/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs