Pidgin does not start (i.e. does not launch the interface)

Bug #1119516 reported by Rainer Rohde
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pidgin (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Pidgin seems to run, however, I can click like there's no tomorrow and I simply don't get the GUI to access my "buddy list". I even see status messages of people coming online, but no GUI.

It worked perfectly fine just a few weeks back.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-4.9-generic 3.8.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-4-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 8 09:55:36 2013
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Rainer Rohde (rainer-rohde) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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