I'm glad to see that someone else has reported this!
** Attachment added: SKIM plasma bug
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37016915/kubuntu%20plasma%20sys%20tray%20bug.jpeg
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Sorry, I posted the last comment by mistake.
I've experienced this problem with both 9.04 and 9.10, and have had the
SKIM system tray icon and the Skype icon as the main culprits, however I
think the Skype icon issue was under 9.04 and KDE 3 with Compiz.
AFAIK, this only occurs at random as on
** Attachment added: skim in its own, detached window - movable,
right-clickable, but should be docked to tray
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25914412/skim1.png
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skim doesn't always minimize to system tray
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365898
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Attaching my skim xinput.d file. Slightly modified to add XIM_PROGRAM,
_ARGS, and _PROGRAM_SETS_ITSELF_AS_DAEMON. Else xim stuff didn't work.
(OpenOffice, xterm, ...)
** Attachment added: /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/skim
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25914455/skim
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skim doesn't always minimize
Okay, I managed to reproduce and workaround the phenomenon, though still
on the same system.
To reproduce, (I simply need to) log out and log back in. Alternatively,
when logged in, zap (ctrl+alt+backspace, if enabled), or change to a tty
and do 'sudo service kdm restart'. Once logged back in,