I found what I think is the source of this bug in the Pidgin bug tracker: https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15517
** Bug watch added: Pidgin Trac #15517 http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15517 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1128552 Title: IRC not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1128552/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs