Thanks for your bug report and helping to make Ubuntu better. I believe this is fixed in the most recent version of empathy. Please try installing empathy from the telepathy PPA at https://edge.launchpad.net/~telepathy/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=karmic and verify that it is.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- status message does not appear when status set to busy or away https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs