same problem here. it works fine when I first boot the system. but I can always reproduce the hang this way:
Boot ubuntu, open pidgin, see that it works fine. Log out to lightdm. Log back in. Try to open pidgin, and see it just hangs. -- 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/1098207 Title: pidgin hangs Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Pidgin hangs from time to time. It seems to be some problem related to thread locking, gst or pulseaudio. Backtrace attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0 Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 10 15:32:09 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pidgin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-12-03 (37 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1098207/+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

