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[Solved]Messaging menu's status switch grayed out [closed]

I'm using empathy for IM (mostly Facebook). After having some issues with Facebook messaging, I used apt-get purge empathy and then apt-get install empathy It reinstalled successfully but ...
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Empathy doesn't integrate with Messaging Menu?

Even if Empathy is running, it doesn't have a grey arrow in the Messaging Menu. Chat statuses (Available, busy, etc.) also don't work in the menu and are stuck to "Offline". I use 12.10 Quantal ...
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Empathy not showing in messageing menu

I just installed 12.10 and noticed that, even if I added more than one account to Online Accounts and I'm actually using empathy to chat, it is not present in Messaging Menu or in any other point of ...
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XFCE empathy notification icon

I'm using empathy in xfce4, and I appear to be having both a notification icon as well as the messaging menu. Is it possible to hide the notification icon? Screenshot: I'm using 11.10
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How can I re-enable empathy notifications with the envelope? [closed]

When I someone starts a conversation with me on Empathy, the envelope turns blue. After that, I don't get any notifications of new messages. Is there some way of re-enabling the old behaviour? I am ...
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Empathy messages don't show up in message indicator

Since upgrading to 11.10, sometimes Empathy messages don't show up in the message indicator applet. Is this a known regression or a "feature?" I think the problem occurs when the chat window is ...
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How can I remove Empathy, and integrate Pidgin?

I don't like the Empathy chat client, and I want to use Pidgin instead, but I want to maintain the functionality Empathy has in the messaging menu. How can I do this in the cleanest way possible?
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Set default account in Empathy metacontact [closed]

When I link contacts in empathy, facebook becomes the default account used in a new chat. Is there a way to change the default account? I'd like to avoid using facebook whenever possible, and ...