I was having the same problem until I found this post, and I agree with Isabel and Bernd that the "Use message indicator" setting to hide the tray icon makes no sense.
-- [Karmic] Empathy tray icon gone since last upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436275 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs