In 12.10, this could be "fixed" by modifying the dconf setting for systray-whitelist, something like:
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']" In 13.04, they've broken this entirely: http://askubuntu.com/questions/253800/replacement-for-tray-icons-in-13-04 . I *think* Canonical's answer is that you shouldn't need anything more than the "messaging" indicator (looks like a sealed envelope) that turns blue if you have an unread email or IM or something else, but this is not a suitable replacement for the native Pidgin icon, which let me: 1. See at a glance that pidgin is running (though I acknowledge I can arguably visually scan the dock for a carat by its icon as well) 2. See at a glance whether I have an unread IM (not an unread message from any of the sources this icon aggregates, including email) 3. See at a glance whether I'm marked online or away (without clicking) 4. Easily set an away message with a single click from any screen/workspace/window I imagine other people had other additional use cases that aren't captured by the very rudimentary functionality of the messaging indicator as well. This is a regression, a loss of prior functionality. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072637 Title: Pidgin does not appear in the notification area To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1072637/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
