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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072637 Title: Pidgin does not appear in the notification area Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.4 to 12.10 Pidgin no longer visible in notification area under the menu where the mail and gwibber is. In fact no instant messenger app is visible there. Even when I start Pidgin does not appear there. It works but the icon does not integrate into the notification area menu. Gabor ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 6b64e7968cc8e732e5ad2595b83d27cf CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Mon Oct 29 10:30:53 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-26 (32 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pidgin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-28 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1072637/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
