pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

[Kalle Valo]

Binary package hint: pidgin

Pidgin was idle and then crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.7.9-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Mar 24 10:51:25 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f566a0dfb81 <g_type_check_instance_cast+49>: mov (%rdi),%rsi
 PC (0x7f566a0dfb81) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0x00000001) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rsi" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: pidgin
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x1, iface_type=31114176) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.4/./gobject/gtype.c:3989
 pidgin_conv_window_get_active_gtkconv ()
 pidgin_conv_window_get_active_conversation ()
 pidgin_conv_window_is_active_conversation ()
 ?? ()
Title: pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-02-04 (48 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo tape video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #732150, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.