Pidgin

[mavenuparker]

I've installed Pidgin and uninstalled Empathy. Im unable to view the CHAT in the drop-down menu of the envelope in system tray, though I'm able to change the status (available,busy ...) . Pidgin also doesnt show unread messages when chatting ( how am I supposed to know that I have an unread message, empathy used to notify me by making the envelope blue, i have to keep checking pidgin app).

I couldn't find a way to mark pidgin as default chat client ( will it would be automatically done)

[oldtimer7777]

I've installed Pidgin and uninstalled Empathy. Im unable to view the CHAT in the drop-down menu of the envelope in system tray, though I'm able to change the status (available,busy ...) . Pidgin also doesnt show unread messages when chatting ( how am I supposed to know that I have an unread message, empathy used to notify me by making the envelope blue, i have to keep checking pidgin app).

I couldn't find a way to mark pidgin as default chat client ( will it would be automatically done)

Did you add the PPA for that Application and then update your system?

It is about 1/2 the way down the list:

https://debianhelp.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-11-10-aka-oneiric-ocelot/

[mavenuparker]

Hey thanks for the reply. It dint work though. But found a fix at http://askubuntu.com/questions/67312/how-do-i-enable-the-pidgin-system-tray-icon

The second solution worked for me.