CentOS-5.7 Skype 2.1.0.81beta
Formerly, when I opened Skype a green Skype icon would appear in the upper menu bar of the Gnome desktop. Now it does not. I must have moved or modified something on the Desktop to cause this to disappear although I cannot recall what that might have been. It certainly was not a conscious modification and I would like to get the icon back.
The absence is not merely cosmetic. Without that icon once I close the Skype dialog window I know of no other way to activate a desktop dialog window with the running Skype instance. Running Skype again gives the warning that another instance is already running and then quits.
A clue to what has happened might be when Skype is in this state incoming notices pop-up from the right hand side of the lower (switcher) menu bar immediately to the left of the work space display. But there is no way to get Skype to open.
Anyone have any suggestions about how to get this back?