I tried to debug the application ...

mruiz@phoenix:~$ empathy
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_presence_actual: MC not running.
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_presence_message_actual: MC not running.
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_online_connections: MC not running.
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_connection_status: MC not running.
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_connection_status: MC not running.
** (empathy:12845): DEBUG: mission_control_get_connection_status: MC not running.
*** glibc detected *** empathy: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7e16ff4 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7257a85]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb725b4f0]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb7444c61]
/usr/lib/libempathy.so.11[0xb7ee43de]
/usr/lib/libempathy.so.11[0xb7ee40fe]
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2[0xb7ea033f]
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3[0xb7dfde01]
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3[0xb7dedb53]
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_connection_dispatch+0x99)[0xb7def6f9]
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2[0xb7e9c4cd]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x176)[0xb743cdd6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7440193]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1e7)[0xb7440577]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb4)[0xb7a59264]
empathy[0x804a8a7]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7202450]
empathy[0x804a441]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 278885     /usr/bin/empathy
0804c000-0804d000 rw-p 00004000 08:06 278885     /usr/bin/empathy
0804d000-084d2000 rw-p 0804d000 00:00 0          [heap]
b3e9d000-b3efd000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 1835037    /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b3efd000-b3efe000 ---p b3efd000 00:00 0 
b3efe000-b46fe000 rw-p b3efe000 00:00 0 
b46fe000-b46ff000 ---p b46fe000 00:00 0 
b46ff000-b4eff000 rw-p b46ff000 00:00 0 
b4eff000-b4f00000 ---p b4eff000 00:00 0 
b4f00000-b5721000 rw-p b4f00000 00:00 0 
b5721000-b5800000 ---p b5721000 00:00 0 
b584d000-b585e000 r--s 00000000 08:06 343298     /usr/share/mime/mime.cache
b585e000-b585f000 ---p b585e000 00:00 0 
b585f000-b605f000 rw-p b585f000 00:00 0 
b605f000-b6073000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 278864     /usr/lib/libbeagle.so.1.0.0
b6073000-b6074000 rw-p 00013000 08:06 278864     /usr/lib/libbeagle.so.1.0.0
b6074000-b607c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 277943     /usr/lib/libtrackerclient.so.0.0.0
b607c000-b607d000 rw-p 00007000 08:06 277943     /usr/lib/libtrackerclient.so.0.0.0
b607d000-b609d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 302121     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
b609d000-b609e000 rw-p 0001f000 08:06 302121     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
b609e000-b60ad000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 277829     /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b60ad000-b60ae000 rw-p 0000e000 08:06 277829     /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b60ae000-b60cb000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 302120     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiohal-volume-monitor.so
b60cb000-b60cc000 rw-p 0001c000 08:06 302120     /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiohal-volume-monitor.so
b60cc000-b60db000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 212198     /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4
b60db000-b60dc000 rw-p 0000f000 08:06 212198     /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4
b60dc000-b613b000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 278005     /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.0.0
b613b000-b613d000 rw-p 0005e000 08:06 278005     /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.0.0
b613d000-b616f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 278915     /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
b616f000-b6172000 rw-p 00031000 08:06 278915     /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
b6172000-b61a2000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279169     /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
b61a2000-b61a5000 rw-p 0002f000 08:06 279169     /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
b61a5000-b61a6000 rw-p b61a5000 00:00 0 
b61a6000-b61d6000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279492     /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
b61d6000-b61d7000 rw-p 00030000 08:06 279492     /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
b61e4000-b6203000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279298     /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b6203000-b6204000 rw-p 0001e000 08:06 279298     /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b6208000-b620e000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 302136     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/filesystems/libgio.so
b620e000-b620f000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 302136     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/filesystems/libgio.so
b620f000-b6210000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 302167     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so
b6210000-b6211000 rw-p 00000000 08:06 302167     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so
b6211000-b6215000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 304278     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
b6215000-b6216000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 304278     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
b6216000-b631a000 rw-p b6216000 00:00 0 
b631a000-b6395000 r--p 00000000 08:06 9105       /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
b6395000-b6499000 rw-p b6395000 00:00 0 
b6499000-b6520000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8692       /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
b6520000-b6580000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 1802253    /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b6580000-b6584000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 304280     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b6584000-b6585000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 304280     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b6586000-b668a000 rw-p b6586000 00:00 0 
b668a000-b671b000 r--p 00000000 08:06 8693       /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
b671b000-b671d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 294276     /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b671d000-b671e000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 294276     /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b671e000-b6724000 r--s 00000000 08:06 244996     /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
b6724000-b6727000 r--s 00000000 08:06 251004     /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2
b6727000-b672a000 r--s 00000000 08:06 245347     /var/cache/fontconfig/6eb3985aa4124903f6ff08ba781cd364-x86.cache-2
b672a000-b6731000 r--s 00000000 08:06 251001     /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-x86.cache-2
b6731000-b6734000 r--s 00000000 08:06 251000     /var/cache/fontconfig/de156ccd2eddbdc19d37a45b8b2aac9c-x86.cache-2
b6734000-b6735000 r--s 00000000 08:06 250996     /var/cache/fontconfig/4794a0821666d79190d59a36cb4f44b5-x86.cache-2
b6735000-b6757000 r--s 00000000 08:06 251115     /var/cache/fontconfig/365b55f210c0a22e9a19e35191240f32-x86.cache-2
b6757000-b675e000 r--s 00000000 08:06 250993     /var/cache/fontconfig/d52a8644073d54c13679302ca1180695-x86.cache-2
b675e000-b6760000 r--s 00000000 08:06 245002     /var/cache/fontconfig/e13b20fdb08344e0e664864cc2ede53d-x86.cache-2
b6760000-b6772000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 302116     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so
b6772000-b6773000 rw-p 00012000 08:06 302116     /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so
b6773000-b677c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 228493     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b677c000-b677e000 rw-p 00008000 08:06 228493     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b677e000-b6786000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 228495     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b6786000-b6788000 rw-p 00007000 08:06 228495     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b6788000-b678f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 228491     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b678f000-b6791000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 228491     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b6791000-b679e000 r--p 00000000 08:06 44221      /usr/share/icons/Mist/icon-theme.cache
b679e000-b67dd000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302644     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPE
b67dd000-b67de000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302649     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
b67de000-b67df000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302652     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TIME
b67df000-b68c0000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302643     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE
b68c0000-b68c1000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302647     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MONETARY
b68c1000-b68c2000 r--p 00000000 08:06 302653     /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
b68c2000-b68c7000 rw-p b68c2000 00:00 0 
b68c7000-b68c9000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 212234     /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b68c9000-b68ca000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 212234     /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b68ca000-b68d1000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279308     /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b68d1000-b68d2000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 279308     /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b68d2000-b68d5000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 212228     /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0
b68d5000-b68d6000 rw-p 00002000 08:06 212228     /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0
b68d6000-b68d7000 rw-p b68d6000 00:00 0 
b68d7000-b6996000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 278840     /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6996000-b699a000 rw-p 000be000 08:06 278840     /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b699a000-b69c2000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279175     /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b69c2000-b69c3000 rw-p 00028000 08:06 279175     /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b69c3000-b69c5000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 212208     /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
b69c5000-b69c6000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 212208     /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
b69c6000-b69e8000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279300     /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b69e8000-b69e9000 rw-p 00022000 08:06 279300     /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b69e9000-b6a74000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 279306     /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b6a74000-b6a76000 rw-p 0008a000 08:06 279306     /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b6a76000-b6a77000 rw-p b6a76000 00:00 0 
b6a77000-b6aa0000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 280308     /usr/lib/libssl3.so.1d
b6aa0000-b6aa2000 rw-p 00028000 08:06 280308     /usr/lib/libssl3.so.1d
b6aa2000-b6ac4000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 280307     /usr/lib/libsmime3.so.1d
b6ac4000-b6ac6000 rw-p 00022000 08:06 280307     /usr/lib/libsmime3.so.1d
b6ac6000-b6ad9000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 280306     /usr/lib/libnssutil3.so.1d
b6ad9000-b6adc000 rw-p 00013000 08:06 280306    Aborted
mruiz@phoenix:~$