I'm getting the same problem. I attach an edited output from running "pidgin -d", then disabling and re-enabling my account, in case this helps identify the problem.
Thanks, John
(23:45:52) prefs: Reading /home/[user]/.purple/prefs.xml (23:45:52) prefs: Finished reading /home/[user]/.purple/prefs.xml (23:45:52) dbus: okkk (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sendbutton.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/themeedit.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gevolution.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/vvconfig.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppdisco.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so (23:45:52) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro? (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so (23:45:52) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:52) jabber: Caps ext had no features. (23:45:52) jabber: Caps ext vavinvite-v1 had no features. (23:45:52) jabber: creating hash tables for data objects (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libqq.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so (23:45:52) 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? (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoojp.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsilcpurple.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so (23:45:52) 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? (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so (23:45:52) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported. (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so (23:45:52) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:52) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered (23:45:52) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later. (23:45:52) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered (23:45:52) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found. (23:45:52) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered (23:45:52) util: Reading file smileys.xml from directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:52) util: File /home/[user]/.purple/smileys.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error) (23:45:52) stun: using server (23:45:52) GLib-GObject: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (23:45:52) sound: Initializing sound output drivers. (23:45:52) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save. (23:45:52) gtkblist: added visibility manager: 1 (23:45:52) docklet: created (23:45:53) gtkmedia: Registering media element types (23:45:53) util: Reading file blist.xml from directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:53) pounce: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/[user]/.purple/pounces.xml': No such file or directory (23:45:53) Session Management: ICE initialized. (23:45:53) Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID (23:45:54) Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... (23:45:54) done. (23:45:54) Session Management: Connected to manager (gnome-session) with client ID 1059295fd894a03c7212536595541096800000044110064 (23:45:54) Session Management: Using pidgin as command (23:45:54) dbus: Need to register an object with the dbus subsystem. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (23:45:54) dbus: The signal "gtkblist-unhiding" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (23:45:54) account: Network not connected; skipping reconnect (23:45:54) Session Management: Received first save_yourself (23:45:54) Session Management: Received save_complete (23:45:54) docklet: embedded (23:45:57) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:57) util: Writing file /home/[user]/.purple/prefs.xml (23:45:57) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:57) util: Writing file /home/[user]/.purple/accounts.xml (23:45:58) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /home/[user]/.purple (23:45:58) util: Writing file /home/[user]/.purple/blist.xml [RECONNECTING AFTER DISABLING AND RE-ENABLING GMAIL ACCOUNT] (23:46:04) account: Connecting to account [userna...@gmail.com/Gaim. (23:46:04) connection: Connecting. gc = 0xa18e700 (23:46:04) dns: DNS query for 'talk.google.com' queued (23:46:04) dns: Created new DNS child 15131, there are now 1 children. (23:46:04) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 15131 (23:46:04) dns: Got response for 'talk.google.com' (23:46:04) dnsquery: IP resolved for talk.google.com (23:46:04) proxy: Attempting connection to 209.85.229.125 (23:46:04) proxy: Connecting to talk.google.com:5222 with no proxy (23:46:04) proxy: Connection in progress (23:46:04) proxy: Connecting to talk.google.com:5222. (23:46:04) proxy: Connected to talk.google.com:5222. (23:46:04) jabber: Sending: <?xml version='1.0' ?> (23:46:04) jabber: Sending: <stream:stream to='gmail.com' xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' version='1.0'> (23:46:04) jabber: Recv (138): <stream:stream from="gmail.com" id="C9E55B8B8BF80B99" version="1.0" xmlns:stream="http://etherx.jabber.org/streams"; xmlns="jabber:client"> (23:46:04) jabber: Recv (210): <stream:features><starttls xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-tls"><required/></starttls><mechanisms xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl"><mechanism>X-GOOGLE-TOKEN</mechanism></mechanisms></stream:features> (23:46:04) jabber: Sending: <starttls xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-tls'/> (23:46:04) jabber: Recv (50): <proceed xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-tls"/> (23:46:04) nss: subject=CN=gmail.com,O=Google Inc.,L=Mountain View,ST=California,C=US issuer=OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority,O=Equifax,C=US (23:46:04) nss: subject=OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority,O=Equifax,C=US issuer=OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority,O=Equifax,C=US (23:46:04) certificate/x509/tls_cached: Starting verify for talk.google.com (23:46:04) certificate/x509/tls_cached: Checking for cached cert... (23:46:04) certificate/x509/tls_cached: ...Found cached cert (23:46:04) nss/x509: Loading certificate from /home/[user]/.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers/talk.google.com (23:46:04) certificate/x509/tls_cached: Peer cert matched cached (23:46:04) certificate: Successfully verified certificate for talk.google.com [PROCEEDS TO CONNECT SUCCESSFULLY - DETAILS OMITTED]
