Bug 90678 – GAIM segfaults when trying to send or recieve IMs

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Ryan Bair 2005-04-27 21:29:34 UTC]

gaim 1.21 segfaults 100% of the time when trying to recieve or send an instant message.  I re-emerged it using the debug flag.  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start gaim
2.Send an IM
3.

Actual Results:  
It segfaulted.

Expected Results:  
Worked.

emerge --info:
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10
Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110,
glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-hardened-r1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.11-hardened-r1 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes)
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr  6 2005, 10:49:21)]
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.59-r6, 2.13
sys-devel/automake:  1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r7
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.14
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.8.1-r4
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium2 -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fforce-mem
-fforce-addr -mfpmath=387"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium2 -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fforce-mem
-fforce-addr -mfpmath=387"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo
ftp://130.207.108.134/pub/gentoo ftp://130.207.108.135/pub/gentoo
http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/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="x86 3dfx X acpi alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dba dvd
dvdread emboss encode fastcgi foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib
java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses
nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline
real ruby samba sdl server spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis wmf xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS

And gaim -d output after a lot of seemingly meaningless stuff:
oscar: Sending IM, charset=0x0000, charsubset=0x0000, length=1
dns[15768]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
Segmentation fault

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2005-04-28 04:16:08 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 90673 ***