Version: 0.12.3 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux This is a usability bug. Status icons for jabber transports don't blink like icons for real acoounts when connecting. Thus you don't know whether anything is happening when you change such a transport from offline to online state.
I think this is applicable to KDE3 only. KDE4 reports connection with one icon for all accounts.
Since the UI has changed for KDE4, and Kopete in KDE3 is in bugfix-only mode, I'm closing this bug. Please give Kopete in KDE4 a try, and see if it provides sufficient feedback.