I was having a very similar issued as described here. I could launch pidgin, and double-click on a contact to send a message, but as soon as i press enter to send the message, the app freezes, and I have to force quit.
Going to: Tools | Preferences | Sounds and setting the method to "No Sounds" resolved it for me. Thanks to all who have helped. -- pidgin freezes while typing a message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs