if you guys want to try the svn pidgin, the there's a ppa with it here. Works for me on lucid, fixed the bug.
https://launchpad.net/~frasten/+archive/ppahttps://launchpad.net/~frasten/+archive/ppa -- Notification area icon wrongly rendered/has a black background (multiple apps) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs