Pidgin not in messaging menu

[actionparsnip]

There is no pidgin in the messaging menu, only gwibber and unity-mail shows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
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 i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 9 00:34:10 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121108.2)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666)]

All ok in 2.10.6-0ubuntu2 for me :)

[Josh Burghandy (kid1000002000)]

affects me though

[Michael Alexander (ftmichael)]

I was having this problem in 13.04 final release (fresh install). I googled and found this, from http://askubuntu.com/questions/244603/how-to-keep-pidgin-libnotify-not-blacklisted-from-messaging-menu :

Here is what I found out... If you open Pidgin > Tools > plugins, make sure that "libnotify popups 0.14" is checked. Unchecking it removes pidgin from the mesaging menu.

If you want to stop the popups then configure the plugin by highlighting the plugin and clicking "configure plugin" then uncheck the boxes by the popups you don't want.

See also http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/480030 , which seems to be the same issue in Ubuntu 9.10.