[Pidgin] #8301: Pidgin eventually crashes with sound method set Automatic

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#8301: Pidgin eventually crashes with sound method set Automatic
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 Reporter:  bass                |           Owner:  lschiere
     Type:  defect              |          Status:  new     
Component:  unclassified        |         Version:  2.5.2   
 Keywords:  sound method crash  |   Launchpad_bug:  298820  
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 Some people on Ubuntu Intrepid (myself included) are having a problem with
 Pidgin, and it was requested that it be posted here.

 This is the launchpad bug report link:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/298820

 The problem occurs when the sound method for Pidgin is set to Automatic.
 Pidgin seems to open a new socket for each sound played, but never
 releases it. This causes the number of open sockets to accumulate to a
 point where sound in Pidgin ceases to function. Eventually, pidgin will
 crash because the max limit for open files has been reached. The problem
 is consistently reproducible, and can be seen by monitoring the open
 sockets as pidgin plays sounds:

 $ ls -l /proc/`pidof pidgin`/fd

 For some reason, manually setting the sound method to ALSA helps prevent
 the problem. I'm not sure why.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8301>
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