pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

[Mathieu Marquer]

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Sep 25 21:53:16 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f141f9c2e8c <g_type_check_instance_cast+28>: mov (%rax),%rbp
 PC (0x7f141f9c2e8c) ok
 source "(%rax)" (0x700000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rbp" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: pidgin
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbusmenu-gtk.so.4
 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceSource:
 #0 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x7f1424aae6a0, iface_type=139724489684304) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gtype.c:3997
   [Error: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gtype.c was not found in source tree]
 #1 0x00007f140262dcbb in ?? ()
 #2 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x7f1424aae6a0, iface_type=139724489684304) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gtype.c:3997
 ?? ()
 ?? ()

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Thank you for your report!

However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the
developers failed (it does not generate a useful symbolic stack trace). This
might be caused by some outdated packages which were installed on your system
at the time of the report:

libgtk2.0-0 version 2.24.13-0ubuntu1 required, but 2.24.13-0ubuntu2 is available
outdated debug symbol package for libcdparanoia0: package version 3.10.2+debian-11 dbgsym version 3.10.2+debian-10ubuntu1
outdated debug symbol package for libjack-jackd2-0: package version 1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-2ubuntu1 dbgsym version 1.9.8~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1
libglib2.0-0 version 2.33.14-1 required, but 2.33.14-1ubuntu2 is available
libglib2.0-data version 2.33.14-1 required, but 2.33.14-1ubuntu2 is available
libgtk2.0-bin version 2.24.13-0ubuntu1 required, but 2.24.13-0ubuntu2 is available
outdated debug symbol package for initscripts: package version 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu13 dbgsym version 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1
libgtk2.0-common version 2.24.13-0ubuntu1 required, but 2.24.13-0ubuntu2 is available
outdated debug symbol package for libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0: package version 0~git20110809-3 dbgsym version 0~git20110809-2.1

Please upgrade your system to the latest package versions. If you still
encounter the crash, please file a new report.

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!