Pidgin crashes when launched as user on Gusty Gibbons

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Binary package hint: pidgin

This is and upgrade from Hardy Heron which was an upgrade from Fiesty.

squid@storm:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

source package: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin

squid@storm:~$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

running pidgin -d

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 squid@storm:~$ pidgin -d
(22:35:00) prefs: Reading /home/squid/.purple/prefs.xml
(22:35:00) prefs: Finished reading /home/squid/.purple/prefs.xml
(22:35:00) prefs: purple_prefs_get_string: /pidgin/browsers/command not a string pref
(22:35:00) dbus: okkk
(22:35:00) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/nautilus.so
(22:35:00) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so
(22:35:00) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so
(22:35:00) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gevolution.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/libfacebookarm.so
(22:35:01) plugins: /usr/lib/pidgin/libfacebookarm.so is not loadable: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so
(22:35:01) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libfacebookppc.so
(22:35:02) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libfacebookppc.so is not loadable: ELF file data encoding not little-endian
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so
(22:35:02) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so
(22:35:02) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-gnutls.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libfacebook.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so
(22:35:02) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/squid/.purple
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so
(22:35:02) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so
(22:35:03) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so is not loadable: libtcl8.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so
(22:35:03) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libqq.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so
(22:35:03) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/squid/.purple
(22:35:03) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/squid/.purple
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
(22:35:03) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(22:35:03) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered
(22:35:03) stun: using server
(22:35:03) sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
(22:35:03) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save.
(22:35:03) prefs: purple_prefs_connect_callback: Unknown pref /pidgin/conversations/im/show_protocol_icons
(22:35:04) gtkblist: added visibility manager: 1
(22:35:04) docklet: created
(22:35:04) util: Reading file blist.xml from directory /home/squid/.purple
(22:35:04) pounce: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/squid/.purple/pounces.xml': No such file or directory
(22:35:04) ui_main: Failed to load the default window icon (scalablepx version)!
(22:35:04) Session Management: ICE initialized.
(22:35:04) Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
(22:35:04) Session Management: Handling new ICE connection...
(22:35:04) done.
(22:35:04) Session Management: Connected to manager (GnomeSM) with client ID 117f000101000121488330400000049510008
(22:35:04) Session Management: Using pidgin as command
(22:35:06) gtkspell: Failed to setup GtkSpell: aspell: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US".
(22:35:06) dbus: Need to register an object with the dbus subsystem. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.)
(22:35:06) dbus: The signal "gtkblist-unhiding" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.)
(22:35:06) account: Connecting to account gravyflex
(22:35:06) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x85410a8
(22:35:06) proxy: Gnome proxy settings are set to 'manual' but no proxy server is specified. Using Pidgin's proxy settings instead.
(22:35:06) dns: DNS query for 'scs.msg.yahoo.com' queued
(22:35:06) account: Connecting to account <email address hidden>
(22:35:07) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x852aab0
(22:35:07) msn: new httpconn (0x85407a0)
(22:35:07) proxy: Gnome proxy settings are set to 'manual' but no proxy server is specified. Using Pidgin's proxy settings instead.
(22:35:07) dns: DNS query for 'messenger.hotmail.com' queued
(22:35:07) account: Connecting to account <email address hidden>/Home
(22:35:07) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x8542d38
(22:35:07) proxy: Gnome proxy settings are set to 'manual' but no proxy server is specified. Using Pidgin's proxy settings instead.
(22:35:07) dns: DNS query for 'talk.google.com' queued
(22:35:07) Session Management: Received first save_yourself
(22:35:07) dns: Created new DNS child 6671, there are now 1 children.
(22:35:07) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 6671
(22:35:07) dns: Created new DNS child 6672, there are now 2 children.
(22:35:07) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 6672
(22:35:07) dns: Created new DNS child 6673, there are now 3 children.
(22:35:07) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 6673
(22:35:07) Session Management: Received save_complete
(22:35:07) util: requested to fetch (http://10.0.0.138:49152/DeviceDescription.xml), full=1, user_agent=((null)), http11=1
(22:35:07) proxy: Gnome proxy settings are set to 'manual' but no proxy server is specified. Using Pidgin's proxy settings instead.
(22:35:07) dns: DNS query for '10.0.0.138' queued
dns[6673]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
dns[6672]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
dns[6671]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
Segmentation fault

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I can run pidgin as follows: sudo pidgin

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instuctions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart.

If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the crash report you wish to submit.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

[zionvier (plaurina)]

I ran into a similar issue after attempting to set up a new Microsoft LCS/OCS account. I don't know the exact configuration settings I put for the account to cause it, but who cares.

Pidgin would immediately crash with the segment fault on launch. Since I knew I was messing with that account I edited the ~/.purple/accounts.xml file and changed the auto login setting for that account to 0. This allowed me to start pidgin without an issue and then reconfigure the account correctly.

Others may want to try the same thing, perhaps disable the auto-login for all accounts if you don't know which might be causing it.

Change the auto-login to 0 instead of 1:

<setting name='auto-login' type='bool'>0</setting>