I got similar problem too.
Pidgin crashed, I didn't even know when.
matt...@priapus:~$ backtrace.sh pidgin &
[1] 12295
matt...@priapus:~$ outputting trace to '/tmp/gdb-pidgin.txt'
matt...@priapus:~$ *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/pidgin: double free
or corruption (!prev): 0x08f66050 ***
[1]+ Done backtrace.sh pidgin
matt...@priapus:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
matt...@priapus:~$ LANG="C" apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
Installed: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://ftp.twaren.net intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Attachment added: "gdb-pidgin.27.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22036997/gdb-pidgin.27.txt
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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pidgin crashes with glibc error "double free or corruption"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184796
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