pidgin assert failure: pidgin: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.

[Matt Walker]

Binary package hint: pidgin

This occurs sometimes when I click on the pidgin icon in the system tray. Instead of the applet working like it should, gnome logs out and logs back in.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: pidgin: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.
CheckboxSubmission: 1357e3ee17131bd82a54689439059754
CheckboxSystem: 4d87cc8055778f13120efdb72bd81ff6
Date: Thu Oct 15 07:38:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.46-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: pidgin
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 *__GI_raise (sig=6)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 *__GI___assert_fail (assertion=0xbd3b65 "ret != inval_id",
 _XAllocID (dpy=0x9960c10) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:378
Title: pidgin assert failure: pidgin: ../../src/xcb_io.c:378: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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