Thanks, Larry. No, I had not tried that option. I do not connect to random.ircd.de and I am frequently in Germany, so don't need the workaround via SOCKS all the time. As such, I prefer to do this on an as-needed basis.
That being said, I'm happy to say I can no longer reproduce this on bionic. How about you, David? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371056 Title: sucks up 100% of CPU when started via tsocks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1371056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs