Actually, IIRC at least with GTK+ 2.8, there was some tricky handling one had to do to get a program to survive any system tray. I'm not sure what has changed since then, but this could easily be that GTK+ bug cropping up.
** Also affects: gossip (Baltix) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- gossip-telepathy out of the panel when gnome-panel respawned https://launchpad.net/bugs/80370 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs