I am using Pidgin 2.2.1 which works fine for Google chat, but when I try to use my YIM account I get a segfault when it tries to show the buddy list. here is the debug info and trace: (08:07:17) prefs: Reading /home/russ/.purple/prefs.xml (08:07:17) prefs: Finished reading /home/russ/.purple/prefs.xml (08:07:17) dbus: okkk (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/relnot.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/encrypt.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gevolution.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so (08:07:17) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro? (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/pidgin-libnotify.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-gnutls.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so (08:07:17) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/russ/.purple (08:07:17) util: File /home/russ/.purple/xmpp-caps.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error) (08:07:17) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so (08:07:17) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro? (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/russ/.purple (08:07:17) util: File /home/russ/.purple/accounts.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error) (08:07:17) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/russ/.purple (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered (08:07:17) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later. (08:07:17) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered (08:07:17) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found. (08:07:17) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered (08:07:17) stun: using server (08:07:17) sound: Initializing sound output drivers. (08:07:17) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save. (08:07:17) prefs: purple_prefs_connect_callback: Unknown pref /pidgin/conversations/im/show_protocol_icons (08:07:17) gtkblist: added visibility manager: 1 (08:07:17) docklet: created (08:07:17) util: Reading file blist.xml from directory /home/russ/.purple (08:07:17) util: File /home/russ/.purple/blist.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error) (08:07:17) pounce: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/russ/.purple/pounces.xml': No such file or directory (08:07:18) Session Management: ICE initialized. (08:07:18) Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID (08:07:18) Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... (08:07:18) done. (08:07:18) Session Management: Connected to manager (GnomeSM) with client ID 117f000001000119133043800000147930023 (08:07:18) Session Management: Using /usr/bin/pidgin as command (08:07:18) dbus: Need to register an object with the dbus subsystem. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (08:07:18) dbus: The signal "gtkblist-hiding" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (08:07:18) Session Management: Received first save_yourself (08:07:18) Session Management: Received save_complete (08:07:18) docklet: embedded (08:07:22) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/russ/.purple (08:07:22) util: Writing file /home/russ/.purple/prefs.xml (08:07:33) g_log: clearlooks_style_draw_focus: assertion `width >= -1' failed (08:08:04) dbus: Need to register an object with the dbus subsystem. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (08:08:04) dbus: The signal "gtkblist-unhiding" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (08:08:04) account: Connecting to account russwyte (08:08:04) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x83d2290 (08:08:04) dns: DNS query for 'localhost' queued (08:08:04) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save. (08:08:04) dns: Debugger detected, performing useless query... (08:08:04) dns: Created new DNS child 16311, there are now 1 children. (08:08:04) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 16311 (08:08:04) dns: Got response for 'localhost' (08:08:04) dnsquery: IP resolved for localhost (08:08:04) proxy: Attempting connection to 127.0.0.1 (08:08:04) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 via localhost:8888 using SOCKS5 (08:08:04) socks5 proxy: Connection in progress (08:08:04) socks5 proxy: Connected. (08:08:04) prefs: /pidgin/blist/y changed, scheduling save. (08:08:05) socks5 proxy: Able to read. (08:08:05) s5: reallocing from 4 to 8 (08:08:05) s5: reallocing from 8 to 10 (08:08:05) yahoo: 97 bytes to read, rxlen is 117 (08:08:05) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x57 Status: 1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 1 Value: russwyte (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 94 Value: r^q&3&j-t-e/g^i|(b&d+p)^x^z|n*(o/(t%8)%r+8/1&e-y^e&(j%e-8%p+y/8%1%j-y)) (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 13 Value: 2 (08:08:05) yahoo: yahoo status: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: 750 bytes to read, rxlen is 770 (08:08:05) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x55 Status: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 89 Value: russwyte (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 59 Value: Y\tv=1&n=1s43c5ji2mh1k&l=hkiimoj4/o&p=m25146j013000000&r=2t&lg=generic&intl=generic; expires=Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.yahoo.com (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 219 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 59 Value: T\tz=YLkAHBYR5AHBQumaL2d3gmeMjYzBk41MDIwNzVONg--&a=YAE&sk=DAAaHVan0jq1wl&d=c2wBTlRFMEFUa3lOelUzTURJNU1RLS0BYQFZQUUBb2sBWlcwLQF0aXABRVJURlpDAXp6AVlMa0FIQmdXQQ--&af=QUFBQ0FDQUQmdHM9MTE5MTMzMDUyMCZwcz1VZTloSUZ5OEpuTUlVb1MzTzY2eDhRLS0-; expires=Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.yahoo.com (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 219 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 59 Value: C\tmg=1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 219 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 153 Value: 1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 90 Value: 1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 3 Value: russwyte (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 100 Value: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 101 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 102 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 15001 Value: 1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 15002 Value: (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 213 Value: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 275 Value: 1 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 216 Value: Russell (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 254 Value: White (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 192 Value: 453255659 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 93 Value: 86400 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 149 Value: KWWkGF35zH5KN1F6ExarYg-- (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 150 Value: sy5Iv53HVvDkrJfKgKLDhw-- (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 151 Value: DhqGKwFPknUXOjf5zCm9Fg-- (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 244 Value: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: Key: 217 Value: 0 (08:08:05) yahoo: Ignoring unrecognized cookie 'C' (08:08:05) util: requested to fetch (http://address.yahoo.com/yab/us?v=XM&prog=ymsgr&.intl=us&diffs=1&t=0&tags=short&rt=0&prog-ver=8.1.0.249&useutf8=1&legenc=codepage-1252), full=0, user_agent=((null)), http11=1 (08:08:05) g_log: file dnsquery.c: line 619 (purple_dnsquery_a): should not be reached (08:08:05) yahoo: No Aliases to process Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread -1221765456 (LWP 16303)] 0xb73587cd in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xb73587cd in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0xb741a120 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb741a128 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0xb741a144 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #4 0x0836bed8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #5 0xb741a150 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x0836bed8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #7 0x00000010 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #8 0xb7418ff4 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #9 0xb741a120 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #10 0x00000400 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #11 0xbfc063ac in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0xb735a67a in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #13 0xbfc06368 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #14 0xb686297a in yahoo_fetch_aliases () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so No symbol table info available. Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.delete ~/.purple 2.add YIM account (I happen to be using socks5 proxy) 3.click OK, crash... Actual Results: Segfault Expected Results: See buddy list I am new at submitting bug reports, forgive me if I did it badly. :)
Please try 2.2.2
if no one can reproduce, lets close