Pidgin icon missing from Kubuntu systemTray

[bigbrovar]

I have had this issue for a while now. although by no means a deal breaker, it would still be nice if i get pidgin icon in kde's notification area, what i see most times is an empty space in where the pidgin icon should be, or even worse it takes the icon of another application (mostly amarok) which an be very confusing .. initially i thought it was a problem with the pidgin in the jaunty repo being patched to work gnome notity-osd thingie ... so i compiled pidgin directly from source but i still had the same issue .. anyone else have the issue or is it just me.. and what can i do to get round it .. thanks (kubuntu 9.04)

[ArchCast]

In your Pidgin's Tools > Preferences > Interface tab, what's "Show System Tray icon" set to?

[bigbrovar]

In your Pidgin's Tools > Preferences > Interface tab, what's "Show System Tray icon" set to?

Thanks i tried that but all i see is a blank space where icon should be .. if i click on the blank space pidgin comes up.. but the actaul pidgin icon doesnt come up