The dbgsym are debug packages available for all the deb rebuilt for some months now, you can read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash for instructions on how to install them
>From the valgrind log: ==22427== Invalid read of size 1 ==22427== at 0x4C22114: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:406) ==22427== by 0x1457B211: byte_stream_putraw (string3.h:51) ==22427== by 0x1458DC05: peer_oft_send (oft.c:303) ==22427== by 0x1458E0DE: peer_oft_recv_frame (oft.c:325) ==22427== by 0x1459E48A: peer_connection_recv_cb (peer.c:388) ==22427== by 0x455F5E: gaim_gtk_io_invoke (gtkeventloop.c:77) ==22427== by 0x6808793: g_main_context_dispatch (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x680B5DC: (within /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x680B8E9: g_main_loop_run (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x5826FB2: gtk_main (in /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1000.9) ==22427== by 0x468630: main (gtkmain.c:816) ==22427== Address 0x1B1A6880 is 0 bytes after a block of size 64 alloc'd ==22427== at 0x4C207C9: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149) ==22427== by 0x680F66A: g_malloc (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x68214F6: g_memdup (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x1458E0B8: peer_oft_recv_frame (oft.c:233) ==22427== by 0x1459E48A: peer_connection_recv_cb (peer.c:388) ==22427== by 0x455F5E: gaim_gtk_io_invoke (gtkeventloop.c:77) ==22427== by 0x6808793: g_main_context_dispatch (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x680B5DC: (within /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x680B8E9: g_main_loop_run (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.9) ==22427== by 0x5826FB2: gtk_main (in /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1000.9) ==22427== by 0x468630: main (gtkmain.c:816) -- [apport] gaim crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc() https://launchpad.net/bugs/86449 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs