[Pidgin] #17279: Pidgin Crashes when opened from Application Launcher Menu

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#17279: Pidgin Crashes when opened from Application Launcher Menu
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 Reporter:  omairqazi    |      Owner:  EionRobb
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
Milestone:               |  Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.10.9       |   Keywords:  apport-collected apport-crash i386
                         |  third-party-packages vivid
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 STEPS TO REPRODUCE

 1. Open Pidgin from the Application Launcher Menu.

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 EXPECTED RESULT

 Pidgin starts without any problems.

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 ACTUAL RESULT

 Pidgin Crashes.

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 NOTES

 Lubuntu 15.04
 Pidgin 2.10.9 (libpurple 2.10.9)

 ProblemType: Crash
 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
 Package: pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu8
 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0
 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic i686
 ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu1
 Architecture: i386
 CrashCounter: 1
 CurrentDesktop: LXDE
 Date: Mon Mar 9 12:02:45 2015
 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-16 (723 days ago)
 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386
 (20121017.1)
 ProcCmdline: pidgin
 SegvAnalysis: Skipped: missing required field "Disassembly"
 Signal: 11
 SourcePackage: pidgin
 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-02-27 (9 days ago)
 UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse lpadmin
 netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo tape video
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 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
 Architecture: i386
 CurrentDesktop: LXDE
 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-16 (786 days ago)
 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386
 (20121017.1)
 Package: pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu8
 PackageArchitecture: i386
 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3
 Tags: vivid
 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic i686
 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
 UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse lpadmin
 netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo tape video
 _MarkForUpload: True

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 Bug also reported on Launchpad
 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/torchat/+bug/1429796)

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/17279>
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