Pidgin Starts or Stays Minimized

[JG]

Sometimes the buddy window for Pidgin doesn't surface when clicking the Unity icon or trying to switch to it with Alt-Tab. The chat window, if I have one open before this happens, remains functional. Sometimes this also happens when opening Pidgin and I've waited up to 5 minutes for it to open, so it isn't a question of impatience on my part.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 27 16:58:04 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)