On Tue, 2004-09-11 at 19:37 -0800, Christopher Garcia wrote: > I'm pretty new to Linux, so take it easy on me, but I recently > (accidentally) removed gaim from the panel (on the lower right side of > the panel by default) and now when I run gaim, it's not there. Basically > it closes instead of minimizing when I hit the X. Any suggestions? Open the Gaim preferences (under the Tools menu). Click on Plugins, then find "System Tray Icon" and make sure there is a checkmark next to it.