I just had something like this: Gaim was on status available (no message), and I switched to a saved/custom state 'eating'. That status I had created earlier to display 'out to lunch' for msn, and 'away' for all other networks with a custom awaymessage 'Etenstijd' (time for a meal in dutch).
** Attachment added: "Crash Report" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4942148/_usr_bin_gaim.1000.crash -- Crash while trying to set away message https://launchpad.net/bugs/60020 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
