pidgin crashes with a segmentation fault when pidgin-skype is installed

[Ivo Wever]

Binary package hint: pidgin-skype

When pidgin-skype is installed, but skype isn't (or perhaps this also happens when it isn't running; I haven't checked that, because I removed the package), pidgin crashes immediately after startup. After uninstalling pidgin-skype, everything is fine. I have attached a backtrace.

Of course, pidgin-skype makes no sense without skype, but it still shouldn't crash the entire application with a segmentation fault.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pidgin-skype (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-5.13-generic 2.6.37-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 18 21:47:26 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin-skype

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Joshua Steiner (yr3v-joshua)]

This also happens if Skype isn't running. The GUI loads up, then hangs for me, but doesn't segfault.

[Louis (louisdk)]

This bug does also affects me. However I uninstalled pidgin-skype and installed the newest deb from this website: http://eion.robbmob.com/ (Version 13 Jan '13) and now Pidigin works fine and have good Skype support.

[Ivo Wever (ivo-wever)]

Has been fixed long ago