I am also having this bug with Pidgin 2.10.6 (libpurple 2.10.6). gdb gives me the following:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff56bae8c in g_type_check_instance_cast () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727589 Title: pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: pidgin Happened while pidgin was idle ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: pidgin 1:2.7.9-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 1 20:16:11 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202) LocalLibraries: /home/matthew/.purple/plugins/libomegle.so /home/matthew/.purple/plugins/pidgin_awn.so ProcCmdline: pidgin ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x15605c <g_type_check_instance_cast+44>: mov (%ecx),%esi PC (0x0015605c) ok source "(%ecx)" (0x00000010) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%esi" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: pidgin StacktraceTop: g_type_check_instance_cast (type_instance=0x981c760, iface_type=145599064) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.1/./gobject/gtype.c:3990 pidgin_conv_window_get_active_gtkconv (win=0x8d3e900) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.7.9/./pidgin/gtkconv.c:9634 pidgin_conv_window_get_active_conversation (win=0x8d3e900) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.7.9/./pidgin/gtkconv.c:9649 pidgin_conv_window_is_active_conversation (conv=0x9862b28) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.7.9/./pidgin/gtkconv.c:9656 update_tab_icon (conv=0x9862b28) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.7.9/./pidgin/gtkconv.c:2578 Title: pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/727589/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
