Pidgin icon doesn't show in the notification area even when set to always show

Bug #848002 reported by Guruprasad
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pidgin (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When the pidgin icon is set to always show, still it doesn't show up in the notification area. On closing all the pidgin windows, it disappears off unity menu though it is running in the background.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 12 21:18:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Guruprasad (lgp171188) wrote :
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

As a workaround it appears by systray-whitelist ['all'] in dconf-editor. Assume just adding 'Pidgin' to the list would be also sufficient.

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