[Pidgin] #13124: Crash (and segfault) on closing conversation window

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#13124: Crash (and segfault) on closing conversation window
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 Reporter:  iradrian                                  |        Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect                                    |       Status:  pending   
Milestone:                                            |    Component:  MSN       
  Version:  2.7.7                                     |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:  crash segfault close conversation window  |  
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Changes (by iradrian):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 deryni]:
 > I'm going to assume that "Close/Force Quit" dialog is blocking input
 into other applications if that is the only thing you can click on while
 it is up. I'm assuming that's what you mean by "basically everything in
 GDM stops working" as opposed to meaning something more like that once
 that dialog appears your entire environment is dead until you switch to a
 console and restart gdm.
 >
 > You can run pidgin via gdb from a console to get the backtrace if that
 is what you need to do to get it to work. You will simply need to set the
 DISPLAY environment variable to the correct value before running 'gdb
 pidgin'. You could also start pidgin like normal and then attach gdb to
 pidgin from a console (no need to set DISPLAY) in this case). Either way
 when pidgin crashes if you switch back to the console you should have a
 working gdb prompt you can get the backtrace from.
 >
 > On a side note, are you using any plugins to start new conversations or
 open the conversation window for new incoming messages? Like the plugin
 for gnome-do for pidgin or anything like that?

 Deryni, your assume is wrong. :) Basically everything stops working (and I
 mean everything, I can't even click the Force Quit button, it does
 nothing), until I restart gdm from console.

 I tried to attach it to a running Pidgin but it crashed, so setting the
 DISPLAY to ":0.0" was the right way to make it possible to do a backtrace.
 As for your last question: I am not sure about this. I mean, it's almost a
 stock Ubuntu 10.04 with the newest Pidgin from PPA (2.7.9, updated some
 days ago). When this crash happens, I open the conversation window from
 the Notification area, from that mail icon. Someone writes me, icon
 switches to green color, I click it, his name appears on the dropdown
 list, I click, and it opens the conversation window itself.

 I do not have gnome-do or any other special stuff that alters the stock
 user interface of this Ubuntu.

 Backtrace attached, tell me if I can help more. :)

 PS: Happy new year to the crew!

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