[Pidgin] #13203: Pidgin 2.7.9 segfaults starting video call with google account

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#13203: Pidgin 2.7.9 segfaults starting video call with google account
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 Reporter:  acimmarusti      |     Owner:  Maiku
     Type:  defect           |    Status:  new  
Component:  Voice and Video  |   Version:  2.7.9
 Keywords:  google video     |  
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 I'm running Debian Squeeze/Sid mix.

 I have pulled the latest version of pidgin 2.7.9 from Sid in order to make
 video work using my google account. I couldn't get it to work with version
 of pidgin in Debian Squeeze 2.7.3. I also pulled latest version of
 farsight2 (0.0.22) in debian as libgstfarsight0.10-0.

 Unfortunately the problem remains in latest version. I have attached the
 gdb backtrace. It points to farsight as the culprit for the segfault.
 However, in the Debian forums, some users claim it does work:
 http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=57985&start=15
 However they are using the proprietary nvidia/fglrx drivers and they claim
 it doesn't work with the open-source ones. Does pidgin require video
 acceleration using GPU in order to work?

 It is also worth mentioning that in my computer, google's browser
 talkplugin works fine, but the framerates are terrible and ramps up my cpu
 usage to a sustained 85% (single core AMD Turion 2.2 GHz)

 If you need more info, let me know

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