Unity – How to Enable the Pidgin System Tray Icon

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I want to enable the System tray icon for Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.10 (with Unity), but I don't see it.

I have to start it again and again from the launcher panel or from the dash.

Is there a workaround to show the system tray icon in Unity? I think it's the same behavior for Skype and some other applications also.

Best Answer

For 12.10 and older:

execute: 

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

(from http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html)

and remember to set the system tray to "always" in pidgin preferences.

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If the change doesn't take effect immediately, run unity --replace

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