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Yes, gnome-shell. In unstable at least, this bug now seems to be resolved. Here's the my current installation:<BR>
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Package: empathy<BR>
Version: 3.2.2-1+b1<BR>
Severity: normal<BR>
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-- System Information:<BR>
Debian Release: wheezy/sid<BR>
  APT prefers unstable<BR>
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')<BR>
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)<BR>
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Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)<BR>
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)<BR>
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash<BR>
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Versions that are related to gnome-shell:<BR>
ii  gnome-shell                                   3.2.2.1-2<BR>
ii  gnome-shell-common                            3.2.2.1-2<BR>
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Versions of packages empathy depends on:<BR>
ii  dbus-x11                                     1.5.12-1<BR>
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.10.0-3<BR>
ii  empathy-common                               3.2.2-1<BR>
ii  geoclue                                      0.12.0-4<BR>
ii  gnome-icon-theme                             3.2.1.2-1<BR>
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.2.0-2<BR>
ii  gstreamer0.10-gconf                          0.10.31-1<BR>
ii  libc6                                        2.13-27<BR>
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.28-3<BR>
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.28-3<BR>
ii  libchamplain-0.12-0                          0.12.2-1<BR>
ii  libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0                      0.12.2-1<BR>
ii  libcheese-gtk20                              3.2.2-2<BR>
ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.8.4-1<BR>
ii  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0                         1.0.4-1<BR>
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.98-1<BR>
ii  libebook-1.2-12                              3.2.2-2<BR>
ii  libenchant1c2a                               1.6.0-7<BR>
ii  libfolks-telepathy25                         0.6.6-1<BR>
ii  libfolks25                                   0.6.6-1<BR>
ii  libgcr-3-1                                   3.2.2-2<BR>
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.24.1-1<BR>
ii  libgee2                                      0.6.4-1<BR>
ii  libgeoclue0                                  0.12.0-4<BR>
ii  libgeocode-glib0                             0.99.0-1<BR>
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.32.0-2<BR>
ii  libgnome-keyring0                            3.2.2-2<BR>
ii  libgnutls26                                  2.12.18-1<BR>
ii  libgstfarsight0.10-0                         0.0.31-1+b1<BR>
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0              0.10.36-1<BR>
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0                           0.10.36-1<BR>
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.2.3-1<BR>
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                               175-3.1<BR>
ii  libnm-glib4                                  0.9.4.0-1<BR>
ii  libnotify4                                   0.7.5-1<BR>
ii  libpango1.0-0                                1.29.4-3+b1<BR>
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      1.1-3<BR>
ii  libpulse0                                    1.1-3<BR>
ii  libtelepathy-farsight0                       0.0.19-1<BR>
ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.16.2-1+b1<BR>
ii  libtelepathy-logger2                         0.2.12-1<BR>
ii  libwebkitgtk-3.0-0                           1.6.3-2<BR>
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.4.4-4<BR>
ii  libxml2                                      2.7.8.dfsg-7<BR>
ii  telepathy-logger                             0.2.12-1<BR>
ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.10.1-2<BR>
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Versions of packages empathy recommends:<BR>
ii  freedesktop-sound-theme  0.7.dfsg-1<BR>
ii  gvfs-backends            1.10.1-3<BR>
ii  nautilus-sendto-empathy  3.2.2-1+b1<BR>
ii  telepathy-gabble         0.14.1-1<BR>
ii  telepathy-salut          0.6.0-1<BR>
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Versions of packages empathy suggests:<BR>
ii  telepathy-butterfly  <none><BR>
ii  telepathy-haze       0.5.0-1<BR>
ii  vino                 3.2.2-1+b1<BR>
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Versions of packages empathy is related to:<BR>
ii  telepathy-gabble [telepathy-connection-manager]  0.14.1-1<BR>
ii  telepathy-haze [telepathy-connection-manager]    0.5.0-1<BR>
ii  telepathy-idle [telepathy-connection-manager]    0.1.11-2<BR>
ii  telepathy-rakia [telepathy-connection-manager]   0.7.3-1<BR>
ii  telepathy-salut [telepathy-connection-manager]   0.6.0-1<BR>
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Paul
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