pidgin keeps on quiting

[TheVyrus]

i am having problems with pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 in ubuntu 8.10, it auto quits, and i need to re-login again. i am facing this problem for two days, it has quit around 6 times.

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Hi,
thanks for reporting this, however more information is needed.
Please try follow the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace in order to generate a backtrace from pidgin.

Also post the output from the following command in your next comment:
* uname -a

Thanks in advance.

[TheVyrus (gopinath-04)]

(gdb) backtrace full
#0 0xb76dc337 in __free_tcb () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
Cannot access memory at address 0xbfdddee4
(gdb) info registers
eax 0x0 0
ecx 0x1 1
edx 0x0 0
ebx 0xb76ebff4 -1217478668
esp 0xbfdddee4 0xbfdddee4
ebp 0xbfdddefc 0xbfdddefc
esi 0xa832968 176367976
edi 0x16 22
eip 0xb76dc337 0xb76dc337 <__free_tcb+87>
eflags 0x10202 [ IF RF ]
cs 0x73 115
ss 0x7b 123
ds 0x7b 123
es 0x7b 123
fs 0x0 0
gs 0x33 51

--------------------------------------

Linux gopi 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

**is this wat u wanted..im nt sure sorry...hope this helps..

[wearetherock (wearetherock)]

Oh! I have same problem.

It also show this message when i launch program in terminal

$ pidgin
^[^N*** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted double-linked list: 0x09c44270 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb750b3f4]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb750e472]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x95)[0xb750f865]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_malloc+0x34)[0xb7744d64]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb776f7c7]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_utf8_collate+0x5f)[0xb776ecff]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_utf8_strcasecmp+0x10b)[0xb76a9aea]
pidgin[0x8088f85]
pidgin[0x8084ca1]
pidgin[0x8085992]
pidgin[0x8085b5a]
pidgin[0x8085fa0]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_blist_update_buddy_status+0x215)[0xb7644e78]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_prpl_got_user_status+0x16e)[0xb7682e6d]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_user_update+0x9d)[0xb60f7fdc]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb60e7b6f]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd+0x1e6)[0xb60d3c31]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text+0x6c)[0xb60d3ce9]
/usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so[0xb60ed565]
pidgin[0x80ad7bf]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb77736fd]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x1e8)[0xb773c6f8]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb773fda3]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1d2)[0xb77402c2]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb9)[0xb7a4b3a9]
pidgin(main+0xc78)[0x80caaaf]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb74b2685]
pidgin[0x806d8b1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0811d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2195549 /usr/bin/pidgin
0811d000-0811e000 r--p 000d4000 08:01 2195549 /usr/bin/pidgin
0811e000-08121000 rw-p 000d5000 08:01 2195549 /usr/bin/pidgin
091a4000-09ce5000 rw-p 091a4000 00:00 0 [heap]
b4800000-b4821000 rw-p b4800000 00:00 0
b4821000-b4900000 ---p b4821000 00:00 0
b49b5000-b4a13000 r--p 00000000 08:01 4325734 /home/beer/.fonts/tahoma.ttf
b4a13000-b4a18000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2196794 /usr/lib/libdatrie.so.0.0.3
b4a18000-b4a19000 r--p 00004000 08:01 2196794 /usr/lib/libdatrie.so.0.0.3
b4a19000-b4a1a000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 2196794 /usr/lib/libdatrie.so.0.0.3
b4a1a000-b4a39000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2197314 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b4a39000-b4a3a000 rw-p 0001e000 08:01 2197314 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b4a4b000-b4a4f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2252915 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-thai-fc.so
b4a4f000-b4a50000 r--p 00003000 08:01 2252915 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-thai-fc.so
b4a50000-b4a51000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 2252915 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-thai-fc.so
b4a51000-b4a55000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2220555 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
b4a55000-b4a56000 r--p 00003000 08:01 2220555 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
b4a56000-b4a57000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 2220555 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-jpeg.so
b4a57000-b4ab7000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 30015529 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b4ab7000-b4b17000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 29982760 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b4b17000-b4c1b000 rw-p b4b17000 00:00 0
b4c1b000-b4ca4000 r--p 00000000 08:01 2310288 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
b4ca4000-b4ca5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2204992 /usr/lib/gconv/ISO88...

[Magnus S (magnuss)]

Okay, three more things to do:

1. Run pidgin in debug mode with this command:
   * pidgin --debug > pidgin-debug.txt
Wait for the crash and attach the file pidgin-debug, which is in your home directory. Feel free to mask sensitive information, if any.

2. After the crash, look at the bottom of /var/log/syslog and see if there is something that looks relevant to pidgin.

3. Try once more with the backtrace, to make sure it is a good one. Follow the instructions under https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash first, then do the backtrace with the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace.

Thanks again
//magnus

[SM73 (smanthorpe)]

Im getting this ALL this time and its so frustrating!! I really like the client and its annoying that this keeps happening.

Please help!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[SM73 (smanthorpe)]

Thanks for the email but this has resloved itself since I upgraded to 9.04

Regards

==============
Simon Manthorpe
M: 07525 930723

2009/4/29 Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the
> instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to
> the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.
>
> ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> --
> pidgin keeps on quiting
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297522
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “pidgin” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> i am having problems with pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 in ubuntu 8.10, it auto
> quits, and i need to re-login again. i am facing this problem for two days,
> it has quit around 6 times.
>

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.