Same problem here when proxying via ssh socks proxy on port 1080 to a server running on 443.
When run directly: $ pidgin /usr/share/themes/Blubuntu/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:169: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored. dns[16016]: Error: Parent requested resolution of an empty hostname (port = 443)!!! Fallo de segmentación [segmentation fault] A backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x7f6d85e2a7a0 (LWP 16232)] 0x00007f6d829cfbe9 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f6d829cfbe9 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f6d838d5f9c in purple_gnome_proxy_get_info () at ../../libpurple/proxy.c:246 #2 0x00007f6d838d98cc in purple_proxy_get_setup (account=0x7b7940) at ../../libpurple/proxy.c:1822 #3 0x00007f6d838d9bf5 in purple_proxy_connect (handle=0x0, account=0x7b7940, host=0x9c5360 "talk.google.com", port=443, connect_cb=0x7f6d838edb17 <purple_ssl_connect_cb>, data=0x9ed600) at ../../libpurple/proxy.c:1902 #4 0x00007f6d838edd2d in purple_ssl_connect (account=0x7b7940, host=0x9c5360 "talk.google.com", port=443, func=0x7f6d71030a6f <jabber_login_callback_ssl>, error_func=0x7f6d71030bda <jabber_ssl_connect_failure>, data=0xaaf000) at ../../libpurple/sslconn.c:125 #5 0x00007f6d7103122d in jabber_login (account=0x7b7940) at ../../../../libpurple/protocols/jabber/jabber.c:667 #6 0x00007f6d838b437a in purple_connection_new (account=0x7b7940, regist=0, password=0x7b6f90 "t1t0n4") at ../../libpurple/connection.c:177 #7 0x00007f6d8389a70f in purple_account_connect (account=0x7b7940) at ../../libpurple/account.c:1158 #8 0x00007f6d8389dd5a in purple_accounts_restore_current_statuses () at ../../libpurple/account.c:2634 #9 0x0000000000486bd7 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff8de6d328) at ../../pidgin/gtkmain.c:859 -- Pidgin SIGSEGV (gnome proxy settings) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173886 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