Ubuntu
pidgin package

Pidgin crashing

Bug #286171 reported by EAB on 2008-10-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #173886: Pidgin SIGSEGV (gnome proxy settings). Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pidgin (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I am using Ubuntu Hardy as it is and Pidgin was working perfectly, then without warning it crashed, and since then I have never been able to open it without it crashing within the first 2-5 seconds of opening.

I have fully removed Pidgin and all related packages and reinstalled them numerous times. I have been trying to fix this for about a month by searching online and asking for help on the Ubuntu IRC chat room --- without success.

When executing Pidgin from the Terminal this is what is the output:

http://pastebin.com/f26866048

Please help!
Thank You

Zeth

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arno_b (arno.b) wrote on 2008-10-20:

Please, try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and on http://live.gnome.org/GettingTraces/Details.
(install packages 'pidgin-dbg' and 'gdb' and see here for backtrace https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace)

Set to incomplete until we have a backtrace.

Changed in pidgin:
status:	New → Incomplete

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EAB (adair-boder) wrote on 2008-10-20:

gdb-pidgin.txt Edit (9.5 KiB, text/plain)

I hope this is what you need. It's the first time I have ever done a Backtrace ... :)

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arno_b (arno.b) wrote on 2008-10-20:

Ok thx a lot.
With your backtrace, we can know that your problem is the same than bug #173886.

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EAB (adair-boder) wrote on 2008-10-23:

Hey, thanks for that, but could you help me find a fix or something? The other bug you say this is a duplicate of had no real clear direction as to how to fix this issue.