Adding a one second delay t ostartup application (in my case pidgin) solved my issue, as per instructions here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/28685/how-can-i-delay-a-specific-program-on-startup
Adding a one second delay t ostartup application (in my case pidgin) solved my issue, as per instructions here: http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 28685/how- can-i-delay- a-specific- program- on-startup