Ubuntu
pidgin package

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV

Bug #354605 reported by Matt Wheeler
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Pidgin
Fix Released
Unknown
pidgin (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Nominated for Jaunty by Matt Wheeler
Nominated for Karmic by Matt Wheeler

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

Pidgin crashes shortly after logging in to MSN. Same as my previous report that was closed because I wasn't using the most up to date version in the repositories (hopefully I am now :))

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Disassembly: 0xb57d713a:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu5
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: pidgin
Stacktrace: #0 0xb57d713a in ?? ()
StacktraceTop: ?? ()
ThreadStacktrace:

Title: pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner vboxusers video

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Matt Wheeler (funkyhat) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:?? ()

tags: added: apport-failed-retrace
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote : Missing Backtrace

Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
visibility: private → public
Matt Wheeler (funkyhat)
visibility: public → private
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Matt Wheeler (funkyhat) wrote :

Changed visibility to private as the backtrace could contain sensitive information. Not sure of the best way to check for that...

gdb output attached

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the crash is similar to http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8579 which is fixed upstream now

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pidgin:
status: Unknown → New
Matt Wheeler (funkyhat)
visibility: private → public
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8981 is similar

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pidgin:
status: New → Fix Released
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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