pidgin only works once
I can start pidgin exactly once such that it works, but subsequent times it starts but its window is just nowhere to be found. When I kill its process, it appears to flash up for the fraction of a second (and is then killed, of course).
If I rm -rf ~/.purple, it will start normally again, so I assume it saves some data which messes things up. However, this also deletes all my accounts and settings.
I tried auto-floating pidgin (for_window [class="(?i)pidgin"] floating enable), but this has no effect on the problem (though it does float then)
Does anyone have the same issues and, more importantly, a way to fix it (or a shot at something I can try)?
Just to be sure: is there a pidgin icon in the i3-bar when you start `pidgin`?
@Adaephon Nope, it's not minimized to the tray, unfortunately. :)
Can you try it with some other WM? Just to see if it is an actual i3 problem or if there is something wrong with your pidgin.
@Adaephon I tried it on Unity (same Ubuntu installation). Same problem. So I guess I'll have to take this somewhere else.
I've solved it. I posted it as an answer, but with broken link and without accepting it due to insufficient Karma.