What I think you mean is, in the notification menu, when you get an incoming message, it shows your own name rather than the person you're talking to.
I've discovered what causes this: if you start a conversation with someone, your own name is shown in the notification menu. The other party has to initiate the conversation in order for it to show their name (obviously this is a bug). -- 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/1172934 Title: empathy notification wrong sender name Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The name of the recipient is shown instead of the sender name in message notification applet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: empathy 3.6.4-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 26 00:03:53 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-20 (309 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1172934/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
