Ubuntu
empathy package

No notification for new messages

Bug #871646 reported by Giordano Battilana
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empathy (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

My problem is this: when I am at work (I am a web developer) it happens quite frequently that people stare at my screen.
Therefore, I don't like that other people see the messages I'm getting from my girlfriend or from my business partner.

In ubuntu 11.04 I could disable "visual notifications" in empathy and still the "little envelope" of the indicator applet was colored in blue each time I was getting a message. That was great because I was getting notified of a new message but nothing was displayed on screen.

In ubuntu 11.10, if I disable the visual notifications I don't get anything when new messages arrive. Needless to say there can be half an hour (or more) from the moment I get the message and the moment I realize it (because I manually check).

Thanks, have a nice day!
Giordano

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: empathy 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 10 10:53:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-07 (2 days ago)

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Giordano Battilana (jordan83) wrote :
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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

i think i have seen this bug and i have also already filed it.i think its the duplicate of this bug,
bug #867697
isn't it?

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Giordano Battilana (jordan83) wrote :

They seem to be related...
In my case the popups are disabled but I'm expecting to see the envelope becoming blue.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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François Tissandier (baloo) wrote :

Even if the enveloppe is not suppposed to change and the triangle gets blue, it's too hard to notice. I had to read on another bug report about this blue triangle to notice it ! I liked it better to have the unread messages count appearing on the Empathy icon. I don't know if it's possible to have this back. It was more informative and easy to notice.

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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

yes i confirm this bug to..attaching a screenshot.i have also filed a bug also and marking as duplicate of this bug.

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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

i have seen the two issues one as defined above and the other is that what i was chatting with my friend on the chat box there was a option appearing that i have not read the message. thats quite innocent.i am attaching the
screenshot have a look.

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François Tissandier (baloo) wrote :

Also, it's simply not coherent with the notifications for the email software : the enveloppe becomes blue if I receive emails. It's not turning blue if I receive a message in Empathy. I would expect it to behave the same way no matter which softwares is receiving something, right ?

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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

@francois tissandier.
yes the same problem with me also..

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