I recently installed xubuntu raring and pidgin works totally fine there, so definitely something to do with gnome/unity.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1109251 Title: pidgin hangs on startup Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to a recent set of bits in raring, pidgin reliably hangs on startup. This is a regression from 12.10. To reproduce: 1) Launch pidgin Expected results: The Buddy List window loads a list of buddies (IRC channels in my case), and pidgin opens a new chat window to auto-join a set of IRC channels Actual results: The Buddy List window is created but it's completely blank - there is no content at all, not even the account status popup menu. The OS greys out the Buddy List window. Pidgin is completely unresponsive. GDB shows pidgin is hung in purple_gnome_proxy_get_parameter: Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f3629f809c0 (LWP 2713)): #0 0x00007f362681339d in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f362738b87c in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f362738bd52 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f36273cd3e1 in g_spawn_sync () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007f36273cd858 in g_spawn_command_line_sync () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007f36270942ad in purple_gnome_proxy_get_parameter (gnome_version=<optimized out>, parameter=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./libpurple/proxy.c:270 #6 purple_gnome_proxy_get_parameter (parameter=<optimized out>, gnome_version=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./libpurple/proxy.c:260 #7 0x00007f3627094920 in purple_gnome_proxy_get_info () at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./libpurple/proxy.c:307 #8 purple_proxy_get_setup (account=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./libpurple/proxy.c:2257 #9 0x00007f36270a5102 in initiate_resolving (data=0x7f362bdf6040) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./libpurple/dnsquery.c:896 #10 0x00007f362738c1ab in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #11 0x00007f362738b5a5 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #12 0x00007f362738b8e8 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #13 0x00007f362738bd52 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #14 0x00007f3628601f17 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #15 0x00007f3629ffd119 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffaf9259d8) at /build/buildd/pidgin-2.10.6/./pidgin/gtkmain.c:933 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-2.6-generic 3.8.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-2-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 29 15:13:17 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (865 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pidgin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-25 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1109251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
