pidgin crashes window manager when showing some msn error window

[10111]

Binary package hint: pidgin

Hi,

Because of some pidgin issue (http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8588) my pidgin shows a window on every startup saying "MSN-Fehler: Benutzernamen werden zu oft geändert" (name changes to rapidly).

When I do the following steps
- click the pidgin launcher to start pidgin
- work on some other window (firefox, nautilus, ...), so the pidgin contact list that opens isn't focused but in background
- the msn issue message window opens automatically in background
- focus the msn issue window by clicking on the icon in awn / the button in panel's window list
my Compiz crashes and Metacity comes up as window manager.

When I start pidgin and focus the contact list window before the msn issue window pops up, there's no problem at all but everything works fine.

I attached the compiz crash log to this bug report.

Maybe this issue is somehow related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/340366 ...

Thanks for your help!

10111

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System: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
pidgin:
  Installiert: 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8
  Kandidat: 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[10111 (joachim-neu)]

This could as well be a compiz-issue as the same issue occures here with the tiny username-password-dialogs opened by nautilus when accessing a ftp://-path...