I just installed gossip 0.9, when i go edit->personal details, it dies (gossip:9579): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed here's a backtrace: #0 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () #1 0x00002aaaadf68c14 in g_object_unref () from //usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00000000004457a9 in gossip_jabber_chatrooms_get_contact () #3 0x00002aaaacb0a012 in lm_connection_is_open () from //usr/lib/libloudmouth-1.so.0 #4 0x00002aaaae2b8b86 in g_main_context_dispatch () from //usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00002aaaae2ba28c in g_main_context_acquire () from //usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #6 0x00002aaaae2ba5b5 in g_main_loop_run () from //usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #7 0x00002aaaab7ce3e1 in gtk_main () from //usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #8 0x000000000042ce3c in main () Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start gossip 0.9 2. click edit->personal details Actual Results: Program died completely, popped up the bug window Expected Results: not crashed Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ankara.edu.tr/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.isp.net.au/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/ http://mirror.gentoo.gr.jp http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X Xaw3d aalib alsa apache2 artswrappersuid artworkextra avalon avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo browserplugin cdr crypt cscope cups curl dbus doc dvd dvdread eds emacs encode esd examples extras fam firefox flac foomaticdb fortran freetds gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gprof gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal imagemagick imlib inkjar jabber jack java jms jmx jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses new-login nozaptel nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl plugin png ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl server slang spell sqlite ssl tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis xine xml xml2 xosd xpm xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Can you still reproduce this ? If so, can you try the shortly available gossip 0.10 ebuild ?
please test with newer release