This bug hasn't been fixed for me, on an up to date Ubuntu 10.04.
It is not an Empathy bug. Maybe Empathy was triggering the bug, but I do not have Empathy installed on my system, and I still have this bug happening. The only thing I have running in the Notification Area is the NetworkManager Applet.
The black line appears at seemingly random times. Often it just flickers a bit, appearing and disappearing right after. But right now I'm looking at it just standing there. It doesn't disappear if I move the Notification Area or click on the NetworkManager Applet or anything, although it will probably be gone again if I reboot.
This bug hasn't been fixed for me, on an up to date Ubuntu 10.04.
It is not an Empathy bug. Maybe Empathy was triggering the bug, but I do not have Empathy installed on my system, and I still have this bug happening. The only thing I have running in the Notification Area is the NetworkManager Applet.
The black line appears at seemingly random times. Often it just flickers a bit, appearing and disappearing right after. But right now I'm looking at it just standing there. It doesn't disappear if I move the Notification Area or click on the NetworkManager Applet or anything, although it will probably be gone again if I reboot.