diff -Nrbu mail-notification-5.4/build/src/mn-popup.c mail-notification-5.4-OK/build/src/mn-popup.c

--- mail-notification-5.4/build/src/mn-popup.c	2008-05-22 19:47:49.000000000 +0400

+++ mail-notification-5.4-OK/build/src/mn-popup.c	2010-10-11 17:42:32.000000000 +0400

@@ -177,6 +177,29 @@

 #undef __GOB_FUNCTION__

 static void 

+mn_popup_wait_for_icon_to_become_ready (void)

+{

+    int x, y;

+    int count = 0;

+

+    /* When the tray icon is created, it can still take some time before

+     * it has arrived at the correct position. This is especially the case

+     * on KDE environments. To work around this, add a little delay of at

+     * most 2 seconds before showing a popup which is attached to the notification */

+    do {

+        gdk_window_get_origin (gtk_widget_get_window (mn_shell->icon), &x, &y);

+

+        if (x != 0 || y != 0) {

+            break;

+        }

+

+        g_usleep(G_USEC_PER_SEC / 10);

+        count++;

+    } while (count < 20);

+}

+

+

+static void 

 mn_popup_init (MNPopup * o G_GNUC_UNUSED)

 {

 #define __GOB_FUNCTION__ "MN:Popup::init"

@@ -299,8 +322,10 @@

 		 "icon-name", "stock_mail",

 		 NULL);

-    if (mn_conf_get_enum_value(MN_TYPE_POPUP_POSITION, MN_CONF_POPUPS_POSITION) == MN_POPUP_POSITION_ATTACHED)

+    if (mn_conf_get_enum_value(MN_TYPE_POPUP_POSITION, MN_CONF_POPUPS_POSITION) == MN_POPUP_POSITION_ATTACHED) {

+      mn_popup_wait_for_icon_to_become_ready();

       g_object_set(self, "attach-widget", mn_shell->icon, NULL);

+    }

     g_string_free(body, TRUE);