[Pidgin] #7999: when clicking a URI "There is not enough free memory to run this program"

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#7999: when clicking a URI "There is not enough free memory to run this program"
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 Reporter:  kermit                         |        Owner:  lschiere    
     Type:  defect                         |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                                 |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.3                          |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  url uri link free memory leak  |  
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Description changed by kermit:

Old description:

> In XP Pro, after pidgin 2.5.3 and also earlier versions have been running
> a few days, when clicking a URL I get the error "There is not enough free
> memory to run this program.  Quit one or more programs and try again."
> Yet I can run "firefox google.com" from start/run and everything else
> works fine.  Also, if I restart pidgin it works again.  Also, even if I
> do quit several large programs, pidgin will continue to give the error
> until it's restarted.  Note Pidgin's memory size is 150MB with 500
> handles, 25 threads, and 486 GDI objects.  The debug log says: winpidgin:
> Error opening URI: http://xkcd.com/208/ error: 8    I've attached the
> entire debug log.
>
> Also, the ability to "copy link location" or copy any text works exactly
> once after that, so it's a restart or type URLs.
>
> Pidgin has been running 5.5 days.  (I recall this problem has been around
> a very long time, but for months until recently I've had notify.dll
> enabled so pidgin didn't last 5 days.)

New description:

 In XP Pro, after pidgin 2.5.3 and also earlier versions have been running
 a few days, when clicking a URL I get the error "There is not enough free
 memory to run this program.  Quit one or more programs and try again." Yet
 I can run "firefox google.com" from start/run and everything else works
 fine.  Also, if I restart pidgin it works again.  Also, even if I do quit
 several large programs, pidgin will continue to give the error until it's
 restarted.  Note Pidgin's memory size is 150MB with 500 handles, 25
 threads, and 486 GDI objects.  The debug log says: winpidgin: Error
 opening URI: http://xkcd.com/208/ error: 8    I've attached the entire
 debug log.

 Also, the ability to "copy link location" or copy any text works exactly
 once after that, so it's a restart or type URLs.

 Pidgin has been running 5.5 days.  (I recall this problem has been around
 a very long time, but for months until recently I've had notify.dll
 enabled so pidgin didn't last 5 days.)

 copy/paste DOES work WITHIN pidgin, but it only clears the clipboard from
 any other applications perspective.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/7999#comment:3>
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