this is a workaround use dconf-editor and add either all or pidgin to the whitelist in desktop>unity>panel systray-whitelist
mine looks like this systray-whitelist['all']
it seems if pidgin isnt in a tray of some sort it gets buggered.
good luck hope pidgin is added as default in the future to white-list
this is a workaround use dconf-editor and add either all or pidgin to the whitelist in desktop>unity>panel systray-whitelist whitelist[ 'all']
mine looks like this systray-
it seems if pidgin isnt in a tray of some sort it gets buggered.
good luck hope pidgin is added as default in the future to white-list