I had the same problem and I was really annoyed by it. After reading
this fix I have found even better and simpler solution:
Open up the "Compiz settings manager" and enable "Place Windows" plugin
(part of the "compiz-plugins-default" package), click on it to go to its
preferences and then in "Pla
The problem no longer occurs, the bug was resolved.
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> Thanks for taking you time in reporting this but this bug has remained
> idle for some time. Can you still confirm this bug? does the issue
> persist?
>
> Please, don't forget to answer.
>
> ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
>S