It resolved itself on it's on in my occasion. I think it had to do something with my network settings though. Good luck.


--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Muharem Hrnjadovic <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Muharem Hrnjadovic <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 249096] Re: Pidgin crushed / *** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted double-linked list: 0x086e3358
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 4:28 AM
> I have the same/similar problem with pidgin (backtrace
> attached).
> 
> Linux s84 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC
> 2008 i686
> GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> ** Attachment added: "Pidgin crash log"
>    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16923350/pidgin-crash.log
> 
> -- 
> Pidgin crushed / *** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted
> double-linked list: 0x086e3358 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249096
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> subscriber
> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “pidgin” source package in Ubuntu: New
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: pidgin
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 on 2.6.24-19-generic (updated
> last night). Since the update I have problems with Pidgin
> 2.4.1 which in the past worked flawlessly.
> Pidgin package 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 according to Synaptic.
> After I initiate Pidgin it's a matter of minutes before
> it crushes. (and sometimes seconds...) I don't know what
> is going on. FF, R, LyX, Scype and in general everything
> else in the computer work fine but Pidgin keeps crashing and
> crashing...
> 
> *** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted double-linked
> list: 0x086e3358
> 
> feanor@feanor-laptop:~$ pidgin
> *** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted double-linked
> list: 0x086e3358 ***
> ======= Backtrace: =========
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb75e4d81]
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_calloc+0xcf)[0xb75e59ff]
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_malloc0+0x35)[0xb77449a5]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_message_new+0x1e)[0xb656478e]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_message_new_msnslp+0x1e)[0xb6564acb]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_slplink_release_slpmsg+0x17)[0xb65754ff]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_slplink_send_slpmsg+0x39)[0xb6575780]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_slplink_send_ack+0x8a)[0xb6575853]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_slplink_process_msg+0x4a0)[0xb6575dd2]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_p2p_msg+0xa6)[0xb6573b43]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_msg+0xa1)[0xb65606b7]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb65781a1]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_payload+0x93)[0xb6560610]
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb6571bf7]
> pidgin[0x80abca3]
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7770c5d]
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x178)[0xb773cbf8]
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb773fe5e]
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1e7)[0xb77401e7]
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb4)[0xb7bfe264]
> pidgin(main+0xbbc)[0x80c70d5]
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb758e450]
> pidgin[0x806c821]
> ======= Memory map: ========
> 08048000-08115000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3205384   
> /usr/bin/pidgin
> 08115000-08118000 rw-p 000cc000 08:01 3205384   
> /usr/bin/pidgin
> 08118000-0875b000 rw-p 08118000 00:00 0          [heap]
> b3c00000-b3c21000 rw-p b3c00000 00:00 0 
> b3c21000-b3d00000 ---p b3c21000 00:00 0 
> b3d71000-b3dd1000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 1966096   
> /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
> b3dd1000-b3dd2000 ---p b3dd1000 00:00 0 
> b3dd2000-b45d2000 rw-p b3dd2000 00:00 0 
> b45d2000-b45f1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3205211   
> /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
> b45f1000-b45f2000 rw-p 0001e000 08:01 3205211   
> /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
> b4602000-b4606000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3228170   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
> b4606000-b4607000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 3228170   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
> b4607000-b4667000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 1933324   
> /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
> b4667000-b476b000 rw-p b4667000 00:00 0 
> b476b000-b47f2000 r--p 00000000 08:01 3352087   
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
> b47f2000-b4809000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3694905   
> /var/lib/aspell/en_GB-ise-wo_accents-only.rws
> b4809000-b4a91000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3694897   
> /var/lib/aspell/en-common.rws
> b4a95000-b4b99000 rw-p b4a95000 00:00 0 
> b4b99000-b4b9b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3278843   
> /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
> b4b9b000-b4b9c000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 3278843   
> /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
> b4b9c000-b4c2d000 r--p 00000000 08:01 3352088   
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
> b4c2d000-b4c33000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3694662   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
> b4c33000-b4c36000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697039   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2
> b4c36000-b4c37000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697038   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/c69f04ab05004e31a6d5e715764f16d8-x86.cache-2
> b4c37000-b4c3a000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697036   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-x86.cache-2
> b4c3a000-b4c41000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3698483   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/6d41288fd70b0be22e8c3a91e032eec0-x86.cache-2
> b4c41000-b4c44000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697017   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/de156ccd2eddbdc19d37a45b8b2aac9c-x86.cache-2
> b4c44000-b4c4c000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697015   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/e3de0de479f42330eadf588a55fb5bf4-x86.cache-2
> b4c4c000-b4c54000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697014   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/0f34bcd4b6ee430af32735b75db7f02b-x86.cache-2
> b4c54000-b4c63000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1228838   
> /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4
> b4c63000-b4c64000 rw-p 0000f000 08:01 1228838   
> /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4
> b4c64000-b4cc3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3203391   
> /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.0.0
> b4cc3000-b4cc5000 rw-p 0005e000 08:01 3203391   
> /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.0.0
> b4cc5000-b4cf7000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3204828   
> /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
> b4cf7000-b4cfa000 rw-p 00031000 08:01 3204828   
> /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
> b4cfa000-b4d2a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3205082   
> /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
> b4d2a000-b4d2d000 rw-p 0002f000 08:01 3205082   
> /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
> b4d2d000-b4d2e000 rw-p b4d2d000 00:00 0 
> b4d2e000-b4d5e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3205405   
> /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
> b4d5e000-b4d5f000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 3205405   
> /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
> b4d5f000-b4d62000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3696687   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/de9486f0b47a4d768a594cb4198cb1c6-x86.cache-2
> b4d62000-b4d69000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3696686   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/d52a8644073d54c13679302ca1180695-x86.cache-2
> b4d69000-b4d6f000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3694655   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/089dead882dea3570ffc31a9898cfb69-x86.cache-2
> b4d6f000-b4d73000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3228181   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
> b4d73000-b4d74000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 3228181   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
> b4d74000-b4d9c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3229168   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so
> b4d9c000-b4d9d000 rw-p 00028000 08:01 3229168   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so
> b4d9d000-b4de1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3206242   
> /usr/lib/nss/libnssckbi.so
> b4de1000-b4dec000 rw-p 00044000 08:01 3206242   
> /usr/lib/nss/libnssckbi.so
> b4dec000-b4e26000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3204889   
> /usr/lib/nss/libfreebl3.so
> b4e26000-b4e27000 rw-p 0003a000 08:01 3204889   
> /usr/lib/nss/libfreebl3.so
> b4e27000-b4e57000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3206240   
> /usr/lib/nss/libsoftokn3.so
> b4e57000-b4e58000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 3206240   
> /usr/lib/nss/libsoftokn3.so
> b4e58000-b4e59000 ---p b4e58000 00:00 0 
> b4e59000-b5659000 rw-p b4e59000 00:00 0 
> b5659000-b5688000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3208233   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libqq.so
> b5688000-b5689000 rw-p 0002f000 08:01 3208233   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libqq.so
> b5689000-b5699000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3208222   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
> b5699000-b569a000 rw-p 00010000 08:01 3208222   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
> b569a000-b569b000 rw-p b569a000 00:00 0 
> b569b000-b569f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3208210   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
> b569f000-b56a0000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 3208210   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
> b56a0000-b56aa000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207271   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.2.0.22
> b56aa000-b56ab000 rw-p 0000a000 08:01 3207271   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.2.0.22
> b56ab000-b57d5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3235847   
> /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
> b57d5000-b57ea000 rw-p 00129000 08:01 3235847   
> /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
> b57ea000-b57ed000 rw-p b57ea000 00:00 0 
> b57ed000-b57ef000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3694668   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/e13b20fdb08344e0e664864cc2ede53d-x86.cache-2
> b57ef000-b57f4000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207291   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.22
> b57f4000-b57f5000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 3207291   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.22
> b57f5000-b57f8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207276   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so.2.0.22
> b57f8000-b57f9000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 3207276   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so.2.0.22
> b57f9000-b57fc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207261   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so.2.0.22
> b57fc000-b57fd000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 3207261   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so.2.0.22
> b57fd000-b5813000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3205412   
> /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
> b5813000-b5814000 rw-p 00015000 08:01 3205412   
> /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.22
> b5814000-b5815000 r--s 00000000 08:01 3697037   
> /var/cache/fontconfig/4c73fe0c47614734b17d736dbde7580a-x86.cache-2
> b5815000-b5816000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3229219   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so
> b5816000-b5817000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 3229219   
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so
> b5817000-b581b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207266   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.2.0.22
> b581b000-b581c000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 3207266   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.2.0.22
> b581c000-b5823000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3207281   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libntlm.so.2.0.22
> b5823000-b5824000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 3207281   
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libntlm.so.2.0.22
> b5824000-b585c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3208225   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so.0.0.0
> b585c000-b585d000 rw-p 00038000 08:01 3208225   
> /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so.0.0.0
> b585d000-b5860000 rw-p b585d000 00:00 0 
> b5860000-b587c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3208229Aborted
> feanor@feanor-laptop:~$
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jul 16 16:07:36 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
> Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> 
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
>  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: pidgin
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686