Pidgin crashes when pidgin-skype is installed

[Dietmar Winkler]

It seems the pidgin-skype extension causes a

Attempt to unlock mutex that was not locked
Aborted

error and pidgin crashes immediatly. Deinstalling skype-pidgin solves the problem but then I can no longer access my skype chats of course.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-21.28-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Oct 10 11:23:19 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-08 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141006)
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dietmar Winkler (dietmarw)]

Simply compiling libskype64.so from source and then placing that in the local plugins directory worked.

[Andreas (andreas-rabus)]

Found a hint at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=117788:

     sjukfan ( 2014-10-02 08:42)

     After an update to GLib in Jessie the other day some/a lot of program may exit with the message Attempt to unlock mutex that was not locked. This is because of change in how GLib handles unlocking of non locked mutex.

So a recompile of the package seems neccesary?

[JockeTF (jocketf)]

I am also affected by this bug. I can confirm that compiling and installing libskype64.so from source (r665) fixes the issue.

[Dietmar Winkler (dietmarw)]

It's actually a bug in the plugin not pidgin itself

[Dietmar Winkler (dietmarw)]

So it looks like triggering a simple rebuild would fix this problem right? So how can one trigger it for the repo?

[Michael Kreuzer (penulci)]

I am using the plugin on my old 32bit notebook and can confirm the bug for 14.10 32bit an therefore libskype.so

Greetings, Michael

[_dan_ (dan-void)]

Yes

[Alan Robertson (alanr-unix)]

This is fixed in that latest version of the skype plugin. See my comments in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1389757

[Alan Robertson (alanr-unix)]

https://code.google.com/p/skype4pidgin/source/detail?r=665

[Patrick ZAJDA (nardol)]

If I understand correctly, this bugs is about the old plugin which required Skype to be running.
If yes, maybe this bug should be closed.