Consistently seeing pidgin hangups - even after installing 2.7

[Chuck Braden]

Ever since I installed version 2.6.6 I see random hangs when I return to an IM session. I removed version 2.6.6 and installed version 2.7 on 5/26 but it does not seem to have made any difference. I am not seeing this problem on any other applications nor have I experienced the problem on versions prior to 2.6.6. Please offer some suggestions on solutions. 

Jimmy C Braden
Information Security Officer
AgriLife Information Technology
979-862-7254
j-braden at tamu.edu