pidgin IM client doesnt show contacts anymore. reinstalling didn't help.

[Bernadette Mohr]

after once setting status to offline, the contacts arent shown in the pidgin-window anymore. it isn't possible to add any new contacts or to do anything else about it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 7 17:14:21 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-01 (5 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Manuel J. Garrido (mgarrido-deactivatedaccount)]

It happens to me too, on a clean 12.04 installation.