I have the same bug on Ubuntu Gutsy and xchat-gnome version 0.18-0ubuntu3. Alessandro's workaround works to me too
-- xchat-gnome 0.17 crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119693 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs