[Pidgin] #3499: PIDGIN Crashes at Start

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#3499: PIDGIN Crashes at Start
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  Reporter:  scottgauvin      |       Owner:  datallah
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:          
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.1   
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  Crash   
   Pending:  1                |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * pending:  0 => 1

Comment:

 There is something that we can try that will hopefully track this down,
 but it is a little more complicated.

 You need to upgrade to GTK+ 2.12.0 (I've made a preliminary installer
 available
 [http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/d_atallah@att.net/lst?.dir=/Pidgin here]).

 Then open a cmd prompt and execute the following:
 (Instead of "c:\Program Files\Pidgin", you'll need to put the pidgin
 install directory if it is somewhere else.)
 {{{
 cd "c:\Program Files\Pidgin"

 set G_SLICE=debug-blocks

 pidgin -n -d
 }}}

 This should cause pidgin to run and spew all the debugging information to
 the console.

 The `GSLICE=debug-blocks` setting will make Glib use memory allocation
 validation and will hopefully provide some useful information about the
 crashing.

 Please include the pidgin.RPT file generated when this crashes as well as
 copying and pasting the last few lines of the debug output when that
 happens.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3499#comment:6>
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