Jane, Is this still an issue for you. I cannot say I've experienced this, since I have had XChat since Warty, and the upgrades have never replaced the XChat panel icon with the xchat-gnome variant.
If this is not a bug, could you please let us know so we can close this old one? Thank you for reporting this :) ** Changed in: xchat (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- xchat launcher doesn't work after upgrade to Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/31484 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs