[Pidgin] #8304: Pidgin 2.5.4 memory bloat and crash under GTK 2.12

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#8304: Pidgin 2.5.4 memory bloat and crash under GTK 2.12
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 Reporter:  jbo110  |           Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  defect  |          Status:  new            
Milestone:          |       Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.4   |      Resolution:                 
 Keywords:          |   Launchpad_bug:                 
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Comment(by snackmaster):

 I second the motion

 Pidgin randomly crashes - happens when typing or when idle.
 I did not experience: until I moved to Vista and or added Spell check.

 version 2.5.4 (experienced same with 2-3 prior versions as well)
 OS: Vista SP1

 Samples in my Application Log since 1/15/2009:

 {{{
 Faulting application pidgin.exe, version 2.5.4.0, time stamp 0x496bc10e,
 faulting module libcairo-2.dll, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x48dc9900,
 exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001fc6f, process id 0x109c,
 application start time 0x01c9808a912145b1.
 }}}


 {{{
 Faulting application pidgin.exe, version 2.5.4.0, time stamp 0x496bc10e,
 faulting module libcairo-2.dll, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x48dc9900,
 exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001fc6f, process id 0x3b0,
 application start time 0x01c97a99399e6675.
 }}}



 {{{
 Faulting application pidgin.exe, version 2.5.4.0, time stamp 0x496bc10e,
 faulting module libglib-2.0-0.dll, version 2.18.3.0, time stamp
 0x492b05f6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001b120, process id
 0x504, application start time 0x01c9771c91e278cd.
 }}}


 {{{
 Faulting application pidgin.exe, version 2.5.4.0, time stamp 0x496bc10e,
 faulting module libglib-2.0-0.dll, version 2.18.3.0, time stamp
 0x492b05f6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001b126, process id
 0xed0, application start time 0x01c97716a8bdaa5c.
 }}}

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