After some web research I found the cause for the crash. Apparently it is a bug in a pidgin plugin named "X-Chat Chats" Version 2.2.0 and according to other reports that bug is dangling around since at least one year. It triggers when you try to join (aka create) a previously nonexistant chat.
Workaround: start "pidgin -n" and disable the buggy plugin before going online. -- When I connect to Jabber MUC Pidgin crashes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391380 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
