You just have to simple click the checkbox to enable a plugin. Could you provide a stack trace of this crash please?
** Changed in: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- notification area plugin is not working https://launchpad.net/bugs/73414 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs