I've started Pidgin with "pidgin -d". Here are the last outputted lines:
(15:11:04) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/user12/.purple (15:11:04) util: Writing file /home/user12/.purple/prefs.xml (15:11:37) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save. (15:11:38) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save. (15:11:42) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/user12/.purple (15:11:42) util: Writing file /home/user12/.purple/prefs.xml (15:29:12) yahoo: 20 bytes to read, rxlen is 40 (15:29:12) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x02 Status: 1 (15:29:12) blist: Updating buddy status for alex_alina_rusu (Yahoo) (15:29:17) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /home/user12/.purple (15:29:17) util: Writing file /home/user12/.purple/blist.xml (15:30:44) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save. (15:30:45) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save. (15:30:50) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/user12/.purple (15:30:50) util: Writing file /home/user12/.purple/prefs.xml (15:32:03) yahoo: 188 bytes to read, rxlen is 208 (15:32:03) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0xf0 Status: 1 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 302 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 300 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 198 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 213 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 283 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 317 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 300 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 440 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 301 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 550 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 301 (15:32:03) yahoo: Unknown status key 303 (15:32:03) blist: Updating buddy status for yahoo_user_33 (Yahoo) (15:32:31) yahoo: 155 bytes to read, rxlen is 175 (15:32:31) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0xeb Status: 1 (15:32:31) yahoo: Unhandled service 0xeb -- 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

