I've the same issue which I can reproduce on my laptop.
1. Start system
2. Start pidgin
3. Let the laptop go to hibernate mode
4. Wakeup the laptop
5. Another instance of pidgin is zombie
wados@dell:~/$ uname -a
Linux dell 3.16.0-30-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 12 22:06:37 UTC 2015 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
wados@dell:~/$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Codename: utopic
wados@dell:~/$ dpkg -l | grep pidgin
ii pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu7.1
amd64 graphical multi-protocol instant messaging
client for X
ii pidgin-data 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu7.1
all multi-protocol instant messaging client - data
files
ii pidgin-libnotify 0.14-9ubuntu2
amd64 display notification bubbles in pidgin
ii pidgin-sipe 1.13.3-1
amd64 Pidgin protocol plugin to connect to MS Office
Communicator
ii pidgin-themes 0.2-1
all Smiley themes collection for pidgin
wados@dell:~/$ ps aux|grep Z
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
wados 9858 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:29 0:00 [pidgin.orig]
<defunct>
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245666
Title:
Pidgin is creating zombies
Status in Pidgin:
Unknown
Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in pidgin package in Fedora:
Unknown
Bug description:
After upgrading to Kubuntu 13.10 pidgin is constantly creating new
zombies.
E.g. after an uptime of roughly 4 hours:
$ ps aux | grep Z
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
cm 2589 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:46 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 3045 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:47 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 3106 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:48 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 3236 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:50 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 5760 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 17:54 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 5788 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:02 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6405 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:12 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6501 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:22 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6519 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:32 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6543 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:42 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6580 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 18:52 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6619 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:02 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6645 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:12 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6672 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:22 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6691 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:32 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6757 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:42 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6846 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:52 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6869 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:01 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6889 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:11 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6914 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:21 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6931 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:31 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6948 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:41 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6972 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 20:51 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 6992 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 21:01 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 7015 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 21:11 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 7036 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 21:20 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 7121 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 21:30 0:00 [pidgin]
<defunct>
cm 7223 0.0 0.0 10984 940 pts/0 S+ 21:38 0:00 grep
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