2009/1/30 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com>:
>> I ran pidgin too. However it didn't go as smoothly. Most
of the time
>> it didn't appear on the dock or even a window for that matter. I tried
>> running it from,
>> 1. the 'Run' in the right click menu on the desktop,
>> 2. from xterm.
>> However, it had worked the last time I had logged in. Kinda strange I
>> guess.
>
> Yes, that is strange, it has never happened to me. However, I do start my
> pidgin in offline mode (ie: the -n (or --nologin) option), so don't know
> whether pidgin would wait for NM to connect and then go online before
> showing the applet or the window.
>
If only I could get pidgin to work consistently ... but its a minor
hitch I guess.
as an update for the sake of records, running the docker as, "docker
-wmaker" fixed all my problems. :)
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Suvayu
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