gaim {solved}

[bryansmith]

You could always just keep Gaim minimized if you wanted.

Bryan

[psic]

yes i have, and it doesnt do anything in the terminal, i think that there is just something wrong with the system tray. is there any progams i might need to install for the system tray?

I don't think so... It's worked wherever I've tried it, so in Xfce, KDE, and Fluxbox. Perhaps check some of the Gnome settings for the sistem tray? Besides that and reinstalling Gaim, I really can't think of anything else.

[crashandburn0420]

i know i could but im trying to custimize everything and get everything working right before i start accutally using it how i want to.

[borromini]

Gaim is not system-critical, I figure you have other priorities...

[crashandburn0420]

i know that but as i said before im trying to custimize to my needs

[earcam]

Hi ya Crash,

I had the same problem and I'm no l33t
OK, you need to create a system notification area in your panel - easy

Right click top panel,
select "Add to panel"
scroll down til you find "notification area"
BINGO!!!
If you've already got the plugin running it should have appeared by now...

Check http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q32 for further info.

good luck Crash.

TO EVERYONE ELSE:
This thread started with a simple enough question - and quickly spun into some kind of 'WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE' lecture.

Crash didn't ask for your 'expert' advise on which distro you think she/he should use - so don't give up you pearls-of-wisdom so easily

I can't believe you people waste so much time (mainly yours but also crash's), don't you have anything to do?

I only signed up to this forum to add the answer found through searching - I'm an intermediate+ Linux user that had the same problem...

Also how do you learn? If Crash got gnome running then she/he deserves some credit, you'll learn a lot from trial and error, so...

Guys if you can't say anything useful SHUT UP.


earcam

[crashandburn0420]

Hi ya Crash,

I had the same problem and I'm no l33t
OK, you need to create a system notification area in your panel - easy

Right click top panel,
select "Add to panel"
scroll down til you find "notification area"
BINGO!!!
If you've already got the plugin running it should have appeared by now...

Check http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q32 for further info.

good luck Crash.

TO EVERYONE ELSE:
This thread started with a simple enough question - and quickly spun into some kind of 'WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE' lecture.

Crash didn't ask for your 'expert' advise on which distro you think she/he should use - so don't give up you pearls-of-wisdom so easily

I can't believe you people waste so much time (mainly yours but also crash's), don't you have anything to do?

I only signed up to this forum to add the answer found through searching - I'm an intermediate+ Linux user that had the same problem...

Also how do you learn? If Crash got gnome running then she/he deserves some credit, you'll learn a lot from trial and error, so...

Guys if you can't say anything useful SHUT UP.


earcam

thank you, i cant believe it was that i skipped over that when i was searching around to see if i could turn the notification on. and by the way im a guy so for future posts, no she/he