[CentOS] Pidgin problem on 5.2

[fred smith]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:06:28AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 09:33 -0400, fred smith wrote:
> > Suggestions welcome.
> 
> Add a Notification Area to your panel, or look there if you already have
> one.

OK, done that. Now what?

Nothing happens there when I try to start pidgin. What should I be seeing?

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