dvipng assert failure: *** glibc detected *** dvipng: free(): invalid pointer: 0x088a2291 ***

[Angel Guzman Maeso]

Binary package hint: dvipng

Using plugin for pidgin "Pidgin-latex" I get this error when I put the formula:
$$ D\Psi(u)[v]=p\int_{\Omega}|u|^{p-2}uv\,dx $$

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** dvipng: free(): invalid pointer: 0x088a2291 ***
Date: Fri Feb 12 19:19:36 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dvipng
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091126)
Package: dvipng 1.12-3
ProcCmdline: dvipng -bg transparent -Q 10 -T tight --follow -o /tmp/purpleLRF57U.png /tmp/purpleLRF57U.dvi
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: dvipng
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: dvipng assert failure: *** glibc detected *** dvipng: free(): invalid pointer: 0x088a2291 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 *__GI_raise (sig=6)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2,
 malloc_printerr (action=<value optimized out>,

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

updated dvipng for 16.04 LTS. Please recheck.

[Angel Guzman Maeso (shakaran)]

Almost 6 years after, I am not even using Pidgin with latex formulas and dvipng. What sense has launchpad and reports if never will be fixed? Ubuntu is losing his "human" path not listening his users