Hi Arjan, backtrace with rebuilded pidgin-extprefs_0.7-2_i386.deb :
(gdb) bt #0 0xb6ec58a0 in ?? () #1 0xb7c60e51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #2 0x0811ea10 in ?? () #3 0x084c62c8 in ?? () #4 0x08616b10 in ?? () #5 0x082dd990 in ?? () #6 0xb7757df0 in ?? () from /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #7 0x081c9108 in ?? () #8 0x0811ea10 in ?? () #9 0xb786c738 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #10 0xb7c60df0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #11 0x08597720 in ?? () #12 0xbfe65fe8 in ?? () #13 0xb783b619 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC then backtrace with rebuilded pidgin, pidgin-data, etc... : (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/pidgin [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb701f6c0 (LWP 1905)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0xb701f6c0 (LWP 1905)] 0xb6e4a8a0 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0xb6e4a8a0 in ?? () #1 0xb7bfae51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #2 0x08131a10 in ?? () #3 0x0860e360 in ?? () #4 0x084bf690 in ?? () #5 0x082d5858 in ?? () #6 0x00000003 in ?? () #7 0xb76b6c3c in ?? () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #8 0x08131a10 in ?? () #9 0xb77f1738 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #10 0xb7bfadf0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #11 0x085afac0 in ?? () #12 0xbffb0098 in ?? () #13 0xb77c0619 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC and the backtrace generated by GNOME bug-buddy is attached. Regards Gabriele
System: Linux 2.6.22 #1 SMP Sat Dec 15 02:58:00 CET 2007 i686 X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Vendor Release: 10300000 Selinux: Permissive Accessibility: Disabled GTK+ Theme: Clearlooks Icon Theme: gnome Memory status: size: 44822528 vsize: 44822528 resident: 23990272 share: 16691200 rss: 23990272 rss_rlim: 4294967295 CPU usage: start_time: 1199492954 rtime: 97 utime: 84 stime: 13 cutime:5 cstime: 6 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 100 Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/pidgin' Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0xb70706c0 (LWP 2141)] 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb77328c3 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb77c2724 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb77c2a3c in g_spawn_command_line_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb7f5b268 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so #5 <signal handler called> #6 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #7 0xb7602eb5 in raise () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #8 0xb7604831 in abort () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #9 0x080c437a in sighandler (sig=11) at ../../pidgin/gtkmain.c:220 #10 <signal handler called> #11 0xb6e9b8a0 in ?? () #12 0xb7c4be51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #13 0x08131a10 in ?? () #14 0x086086e8 in ?? () #15 0x084de690 in ?? () #16 0x082d5aa8 in ?? () #17 0x00000003 in ?? () #18 0xb7707c3c in ?? () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #19 0x08131a10 in ?? () #20 0xb7842738 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #21 0xb7c4bdf0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #22 0x085af1c8 in ?? () #23 0xbfc70088 in ?? () #24 0xb7811619 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC Thread 1 (Thread 0xb70706c0 (LWP 2141)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0xb77328c3 in __waitpid_nocancel () from /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb77c2724 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0xb77c2a3c in g_spawn_command_line_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0xb7f5b268 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so No symbol table info available. #5 <signal handler called> No symbol table info available. #6 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #7 0xb7602eb5 in raise () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #8 0xb7604831 in abort () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #9 0x080c437a in sighandler (sig=11) at ../../pidgin/gtkmain.c:220 No locals. #10 <signal handler called> No symbol table info available. #11 0xb6e9b8a0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0xb7c4be51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #13 0x08131a10 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #14 0x086086e8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #15 0x084de690 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #16 0x082d5aa8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #17 0x00000003 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #18 0xb7707c3c in ?? () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #19 0x08131a10 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #20 0xb7842738 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #21 0xb7c4bdf0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #22 0x085af1c8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #23 0xbfc70088 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #24 0xb7811619 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () The program is running. Quit anyway (and detach it)? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal] ----------- .xsession-errors --------------------- no fault of your own. If you can reproduce the crash, please notify the developers by reporting a bug at: http://developer.pidgin.im/simpleticket/ Please make sure to specify what you were doing at the time and post the backtrace from the core file. If you do not know how to get the backtrace, please read the instructions at http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABacktrace If you need further assistance, please IM either SeanEgn or LSchiere (via AIM). Contact information for Sean and Luke on other protocols is at http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/DeveloperPages --------------------------------------------------