Found the problem, because of how I had the autostart desktop entries cached, multiple copies of the autostart entry for Pidgin were being seen by the DM.
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880340 Title: autostarting pidgin from a saved session creates multiple instances To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/880340/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs