It's actually rather trivial to patch. Here's the commit which added it. Simply apply this in reverse:
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/gaim/branches/oldstatus/src/gtkaccount.c?r1=12293&r2=12932 -- [Dapper Flight-6] First load of gaim shows "Add Account" dialog behind login window https://launchpad.net/bugs/38448 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
