I was able solve the problem by closing skype, which had been running while I was trying to start pidgin.
-- Pidgin seg faults immediately https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236680 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
