According to user tgpraveen, in the latest update to empathy its configuration does not have "show notifications when chat is not focussed" enabled by default. This should be changed. This is an issue of empathy, not of notify-osd as initially reported.
** Package changed: notify-osd (Ubuntu) => empathy (Ubuntu) -- Empathy notifications not shown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460286 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