I can confirm this still occurring in Pidgin 2.6.6. But in order to fix this, you need to either enter the correct password in for your IRC Account or ask someone from the irc.freenode.net to reset your password.
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- starting pidgin brings up an IRC window with a wrong password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334636 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