Btw, I'm using up-to-date hardy (on 32bit x86) and the "official" pigdin from that distro:
lgb@oxygene:~$ dpkg-query -W pidgin pidgin 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1 lgb@oxygene:~$ uname -a Linux oxygene 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 23:01:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Btw, I'm using up-to-date hardy (on 32bit x86) and the "official" pigdin from that distro:
lgb@oxygene:~$ dpkg-query -W pidgin
pidgin 1:2.4.0-1ubuntu1
lgb@oxygene:~$ uname -a
Linux oxygene 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 23:01:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux