Not reproducible in Precise. As far as I know, there were some issues regarding this in Natty from the Empathy side itself. Are you running Natty?
Empathy 3 fixed most of them I believe. ** Also affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/924891 Title: Empathy launches hidden To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-messages/+bug/924891/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs