Pidgin crashes (core dumped) when signing onto AIM

Bug #355903 reported by Asif Youssuff
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pidgin (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

Running Jaunty. Just started today. I can try to give more info if needed.

Launching in the terminal gives me:

asif@ubuntu-asif:~$ pidgin

(pidgin:7735): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed

(pidgin:7735): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed
*** glibc detected *** pidgin: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb789c224 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb757b604]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb757d5b6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x36)[0xb77a7ff6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_string_free+0x5c)[0xb77c458c]
/usr/lib/pidgin/nautilus.so[0xb64fc27a]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_marshal_VOID__POINTER+0x18)[0xb76f9038]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit_vargs+0xb1)[0xb76f9b01]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit+0x33)[0xb76f9c43]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_blist_update_buddy_status+0x116)[0xb76bb0f6]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_prpl_got_user_status+0xc8)[0xb76f0ea8]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_user_update+0x154)[0xb5eadd84]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb5e9f368]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd+0xc6)[0xb5e8a546]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text+0x55)[0xb5e8a6c5]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_servconn_process_data+0xa1)[0xb5ea3a41]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb5ea3ba1]
pidgin[0x80a8e93]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb77d6c4d]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x1e8)[0xb779fa58]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb77a2fbb]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1ca)[0xb77a348a]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb9)[0xb7a915c9]
pidgin(main+0x89a)[0x80c31ea]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7522775]
pidgin[0x806db61]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0810e000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
0810e000-0810f000 r--p 000c5000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
0810f000-08112000 rw-p 000c6000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
09f34000-0b626000 rw-p 09f34000 00:00 0 [heap]
b2841000-b28a1000 rw-s 00000000 00:08 3571736 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b28a1000-b2901000 rw-s 00000000 00:08 3538967 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b2901000-b298d000 r--p 00000000 08:05 103277 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
b298d000-b29bc000 r--p 00000000 08:05 11237 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-droid/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
b29bc000-b2a8b000 rw-p b29bc000 00:00 0
b2a8b000-b2b1f000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b1f000-b2b22000 r--p 00093000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b22000-b2b23000 rw-p 00096000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b23000-b2b27000 rw-p b2b23000 00:00 0
b2b27000-b2b66000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2b66000-b2b67000 r--p 0003e000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2b67000-b2b6b000 rw-p 0003f000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2b71000-b2b79000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59318 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so
b2b79000-b2b7a000 r--p 00007000 08:05 59318 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so
b2b7a000-b2b7c000 rw-p 00008000 08:05 59318 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so
b2b7c000-b2b80000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59320 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_myspell.so
b2b80000-b2b81000 r--p 00003000 08:05 59320 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_myspell.so
b2b81000-b2b82000 rw-p 00004000 08:05 59320 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_myspell.so
b2b82000-b2b8d000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59319 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_ispell.so
b2b8d000-b2b8e000 r--p 0000a000 08:05 59319 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_ispell.so
b2b8e000-b2b8f000 rw-p 0000b000 08:05 59319 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_ispell.so
b2b8f000-b2bbe000 r--p 00000000 08:05 11320 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-droid/DroidSans.ttf
b2bbe000-b2bc4000 r--s 00000000 08:05 73021 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
b2bc4000-b2bc7000 r--s 00000000 08:05 229616 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-x86.cache-2
b2bc7000-b2bca000 r--s 00000000 08:05 229615 /var/cache/fontconfig/515ca1ebc4b18308bea979be5704f9db-x86.cache-2
b2bca000-b2bd1000 r--s 00000000 08:05 229608 /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-x86.cache-2
b2bd1000-b2bd4000 r--s 00000000 08:05 229607 /var/cache/fontconfig/de156ccd2eddbdc19d37a45b8b2aac9c-x86.cache-2
b2bd4000-b2bdc000 r--s 00000000 08:05 223383 /var/cache/fontconfig/e3de0de479f42330eadf588a55fb5bf4-x86.cache-2
b2bdc000-b2be7000 r--s 00000000 08:05 223379 /var/cache/fontconfig/0f34bcd4b6ee430af32735b75db7f02b-x86.cache-2
b2be7000-b2c09000 r--s 00000000 08:05 223365 /var/cache/fontconfig/365b55f210c0a22e9a19e35191240f32-x86.cache-2
b2c09000-b2c10000 r--s 00000000 08:05 223364 /var/cache/fontconfig/d52a8644073d54c13679302ca1180695-x86.cache-2
b2c10000-b2c16000 r--s 00000000 08:05 46178 /var/cache/fontconfig/089dead882dea3570ffc31a9898cfb69-x86.cache-2
b2c16000-b2c30000 r--s 00000000 08:05 14178 /usr/share/mime/mime.cache
b2c92000-b2cc3000 rw-p b2c92000 00:00 0
b2cc3000-b2ce2000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 115591 /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27.1.2
b2ce2000-b2ce3000 r--p 0001e000 08:05 115591 /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27.1.2
b2ce3000-b2ce4000 rw-p 0001f000 08:05 115591 /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27.1.2
b2ce4000-b2d3b000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 85065 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.17
b2d3b000-b2d3c000 r--p 00057000 08:05 85065 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.17
b2d3c000-b2d3d000 rw-p 00058000 08:05 85065 /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1.0.17
b2d3d000-b2d41000 rw-p b2d3d000 00:00 0
b2d43000-b2d4a000 r--s 00000000 08:05 40821 /var/cache/fontconfig/e13b20fdb08344e0e664864cc2ede53d-x86.cache-2
b2d4a000-b2d4c000 r--s 00000000 08:05 19530 /var/cache/fontconfig/7ef2298fde41cc6eeb7af42e48b7d293-x86.cache-2
b2d4c000-b2d52000 r--s 00000000 08:06 8954034 /home/asif/.fontconfig/9644730ee198bb8925905a37246c90ec-x86.cache-2
b2d52000-b2d6b000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 45611 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstasf.so
b2d6b000-b2d6c000 ---p 00019000 08:05 45611 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstasf.so
b2d6c000-b2d6d000 r--p 00019000 08:05 45611 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstasf.so
b2d6d000-b2d6e000 rw-p 0001a000 08:05 45611 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstasf.so
b2d6e000-b2d88000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 77210 /usr/lib/libcdio.so.7.1.0
b2d88000-b2d89000 r--p 00019000 08:05 77210 /usr/lib/libcdio.so.7.1.0
b2d89000-b2d8a000 rw-p 0001a000 08:05 77210 /usr/lib/libcdio.so.7.1.0
b2d8a000-b2d8e000 rw-p b2d8a000 00:00 0
b2d90000-b2d95000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 234148 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstneonhttpsrc.so
b2d95000-b2d96000 r--p 00004000 08:05 234148 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstneonhttpsrc.so
b2d96000-b2d97000 rw-p 00005000 08:05 234148 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstneonhttpsrc.so
b2d97000-b2d9d000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 234164 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstsndfile.so
b2d9d000-b2d9e000 r--p 00006000 08:05 234164 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstsndfile.so
b2d9e000-b2d9f000 rw-p 00007000 08:05 234164 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstsndfile.so
b2d9f000-b2db6000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 69010 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstschro.so
b2db6000-b2db7000 r--p 00016000 08:05 69010 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstschro.so
b2db7000-b2db8000 rw-p 00017000 08:05 69010 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstschro.so
b2db8000-b2db9000 rw-p b2db8000 00:00 0
b2db9000-b2dc9000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 71920 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvimagesink.so
b2dc9000-b2dca000 r--p 0000f000 08:05 71920 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvimagesink.so
b2dca000-b2dcb000 rw-p 00010000 08:05 71920 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvimagesink.so
b2dcb000-b2dd1000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 62023 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b2dd1000-b2dd2000 r--p 00005000 08:05 62023 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b2dd2000-b2dd3000 rw-p 00006000 08:05 62023 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b2dd3000-b2e13000 rw-p b2dd3000 00:00 0
b2e13000-b2e17000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 234111 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstbayer.so
b2e17000-b2e18000 r--p 00003000 08:05 234111 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstbayer.so
b2e18000-b2e19000 rw-p 00004000 08:05 234111 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstbayer.so
b2e19000-b2e21000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 62029 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstid3demux.so
b2e21000-b2e22000 r--p 00007000 08:05 62029 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstid3demux.so
b2e22000-b2e23000 rw-p 00008000 08:05 62029 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstid3demux.so
b2e23000-b2e32000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 116116 /usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.3.1.1
b2e32000-b2e33000 rw-p 0000e000 08:05 116116 /usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.3.1.1
b2e35000-b2e42000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 62033 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstjpeg.so
b2e42000-b2e43000 r--p 0000c000 08:05 62033 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.1Aborted (core dumped)
asif@ubuntu-asif:~$

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.29-020629-generic i686

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Asif Youssuff (yoasif) wrote :
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Asif Youssuff (yoasif) wrote :
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Tried launching again in terminal, got:

asif@ubuntu-asif:~$ pidgin

(pidgin:7747): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed

(pidgin:7747): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed
*** glibc detected *** pidgin: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb78fd224 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb75dc604]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb75de5b6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x36)[0xb7808ff6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_string_free+0x5c)[0xb782558c]
/usr/lib/pidgin/nautilus.so[0xb655d27a]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_marshal_VOID__POINTER+0x18)[0xb775a038]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit_vargs+0xb1)[0xb775ab01]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit+0x33)[0xb775ac43]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_blist_update_buddy_status+0x116)[0xb771c0f6]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_prpl_got_user_status+0xc8)[0xb7751ea8]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_user_update+0x154)[0xb5f0ed84]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb5f00368]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd+0xc6)[0xb5eeb546]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text+0x55)[0xb5eeb6c5]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_servconn_process_data+0xa1)[0xb5f04a41]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb5f04ba1]
pidgin[0x80a8e93]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7837c4d]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x1e8)[0xb7800a58]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7803fbb]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1ca)[0xb780448a]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb9)[0xb7af25c9]
pidgin(main+0x89a)[0x80c31ea]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7583775]
pidgin[0x806db61]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0810e000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
0810e000-0810f000 r--p 000c5000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
0810f000-08112000 rw-p 000c6000 08:05 233969 /usr/bin/pidgin
097e1000-0aea1000 rw-p 097e1000 00:00 0 [heap]
b2871000-b28a2000 rw-p b2871000 00:00 0
b28a2000-b2902000 rw-s 00000000 00:08 3637272 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b2902000-b2962000 rw-s 00000000 00:08 3604503 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b2962000-b29ee000 r--p 00000000 08:05 103277 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
b29ee000-b2a1d000 r--p 00000000 08:05 11237 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-droid/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
b2a1d000-b2aec000 rw-p b2a1d000 00:00 0
b2aec000-b2b80000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b80000-b2b83000 r--p 00093000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b83000-b2b84000 rw-p 00096000 08:05 59212 /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.4
b2b84000-b2b88000 rw-p b2b84000 00:00 0
b2b88000-b2bc7000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2bc7000-b2bc8000 r--p 0003e000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2bc8000-b2bcc000 rw-p 0003f000 08:05 19194 /usr/lib/libhunspell-1.2.so.0.0.0
b2bd2000-b2bda000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 59318 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so
b2bda000-b2bdb000 r--p 00007000 08:05 59318 /usr/lib/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so
b2bdb000-b2bdd000 rw-p 00008000 08:05 59...

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Asif Youssuff (yoasif) wrote :

My home partition was full. Deleting some files fixed this issue.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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