Comment 11 for bug 174088

I just updated ubuntu today to 7.10 gutsy. Whenever I try minimizing pidgin, or sending it to system tray by closing it, the gnome-panel hangs. I have moved the window task panel from the bottom and added the panel to the side bar.
I killed the gnome-panel process and restarted it and that kinda rekicked the panel. However I am now more leary about running pidgin, though I dont want to relate this issue simply with pidgin.
I am using the ati radeon video driver, if that is some info that may help further.