Pidgin not shown in indicator-applet

[Robert Roth]

Binary package hint: indicator-applet

After startup, when clicking on indicator-applet, Pidgin is not in the list, only Empathy and Evolution. After starting pidgin, pidgin appears in the indicator-applet applications list, and works as it should. After quitting pidgin, it disappears from the indicator-applet list.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 10 15:35:40 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Package: indicator-applet 0.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: indicator-applet
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Was a new version of pidgin-libnotify or indicator-applet released recently? Because after updating yesterday, pidgin appears in the indicator-applet suggested applications menu.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Sorry, my mistake, still no fix. After starting Empathy, pidgin disappearsfrom the menu, an it doesn't come back after closing empathy.

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

I got this today after starting my system.

pidgin-libnotify is 0.14-1ubuntu11, pidgin itself is 1:2.6.3-1~getdeb2

[CybArc (cybarc)]

To get pidgin in the list, remove it from the blacklisted applications folder:

$ cd ~/.config/indicators/messages/applications-blacklist
$ mkdir ../un-blacklisted
$ mv pidgin-libnotify ../un-blacklisted/

Unfortunately, starting empathy puts it back in the blacklist, I simply removed empathy from the indicator applet:

$ cd /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/
$ sudo mkdir ../../../old-indicators
$ sudo mv empathy ../../../old-indicators

After you close empathy, it should disappear from the indicator applet and pidgin should remain.

Hope it helps!~

[Dana Goyette (danagoyette)]

It looks like the libnotify plugin itself is intentionally blacklisting itself:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/485844

[Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins (iuri-guilherme-dsm)]

It is annoying me because the file keep coming back. I will try to remove or editing the contents of the file to see if it works.

[Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins (iuri-guilherme-dsm)]

It does not.

[spicyfish (localdef)]

a simple workaround to stop the file from coming back is to delete the file, then simply remove write permissions from the folder it's in:
chmod ugo-w ~/.config/indicators/messages/applications-blacklist

[immerrr again (immerrr-k)]

Fixed this behaviour by enabling the plugin in "Pidgin > Tools > Plugins" menu

[William Thompson (wathompson)]

Yes this fixed the problem. Pidgin is just doing what it was told to do.

If you uncheck the box by Pidgin > Tools > Plugins > Libnotify popups 0.14 then pidgin dissappears from the messaging menu. This is what is supposed to do. If you want to turn off the Libnotify pop-ups then highlight the entry and click the configure plugin button at the bottom. In the resulting dialog uncheck the boxes beside the notifications you don't want to receive. Uncheck them all and you get no notifications but you can still see pidgin in the messaging menu.