Ubuntu – How to run pidgin and login automatically on startup

Devilspie messes things up for me using unity. So I start Pidgin using this simple script:

#!/bin/bash
pidgin &
sleep 6
wmctrl -c "Buddy List"

Sleeping is neccessary so the window does not respawn. It is ugly but the best possible for me. Note that it closes the window but does not quit Pidgin. Minimize and close the window have almost the same meaning for Pidgin.

Currently there is no way to do so without or with plug-ins. Pidgin doesn't communicate with any external configuration and authentication data providers and uses its own database only.