[Pidgin] #2094: Pidgin Causes Error, Causing entire machine to lock up (freeze) except for ctrl-alt-del

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#2094: Pidgin Causes Error, Causing entire machine to lock up (freeze) except for
ctrl-alt-del
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  Reporter:  eliw             |       Owner:  datallah
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:          
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2   
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  Synergy 
   Pending:  0                |  
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Comment (by eliw):

 Sorry datallah, not being directly part of the pidgin community, I didn't
 have any way of knowing that you were one of the developers, when you
 posted that you had taken a look at it.

 I still am a little confused though as to you why say that Pidgin can't do
 anything about it. ... including comments from your previous post:
 {{{
 From the information in the backtrace, my best guess is that the crash
 is caused by Synergy causing unexpected information to be received by
 GTK+. It doesn't appear to be directly related to Pidgin at all.
 }}}

 I understand that it doesn't appear to be directly related to Pidgin.

 However, my point (as a programmer), is just thus:  Gaim never had this
 problem.  I'm unsure therefore what changed between Gaim and Pidgin, that
 caused this problem to start being exercised.  But something did.

 Now, perhaps, if this is a new incompatibility between the latest GTK+ (if
 versions were upgraded between Gaim and Pidgin) and Synergy, then yes, you
 are correct, nothing that you can do.

 However, I haven't had crash/lockup issues with any other GTK+
 applications that I run.  So I'm doubting that, though can be convinced
 otherwise.

 On the other hand, if the way that GTK+ was used, has been changed, then
 perhaps, just perhaps, a workaround can be found, by reverting some of the
 code, and/or just not using certain bits, to stop this from happening.

 I will also state that it seems rather odd to me, if this is a direct GTK+
 problem only ... Since there is the strong coorelation between MSNchat ...
 MSNchat wouldn't be using GTK+ any differently than any other chat, would
 it?

 And if for some reason it does, then it would seem that the workaround
 might be quickly found, since the different use of GTK+ could be isolated.

 Thoughts?

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