This is now working fine with karm, gaim, etc.. However now pwmanager never shows up for me at all... see the following issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-pwmanager/+bug/90692 -- KDE applications do not get added in gnome panel https://launchpad.net/bugs/89785 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs