Steven DuChene wrote: > One of the accounts I have setup in pidgin is a sipe account for work. > When I start pidgin it always fails to connect with a SSL connection error. > In order to get it to connect I then have to repeatedly click on the > Reconnect button that pops up when the connection fails. > Eventually it does connect and is useable but I see all of the following > defunct processes in my process list. > This is with pidgin 2.10.11 running on Ubuntu 14.04
Hm, looks like this could be a DNS issue. Pidgin's main (or only?) reason for forking after startup is for DNS resolution. Do you have a non-standard or buggy DNS configuration? > $ ps awx|grep pidgi > 18580 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/pidgin > 18581 ? Sl 0:02 /usr/bin/pidgin.orig > 18598 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18603 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18610 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18615 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18619 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18624 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18628 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18632 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18636 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18644 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18648 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18652 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18656 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18660 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18664 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18669 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18674 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18678 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18682 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18688 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18693 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18697 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18702 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18706 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18713 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18717 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18721 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18727 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18734 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18739 ? Z 0:00 [pidgin.orig] <defunct> > 18752 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/pidgin.orig > 18754 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/bin/pidgin.orig > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
