The newer versions in sid still have problems. Attaching new backtrace I posted a comment on the bug report upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12181
$ gdb pidgin GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0.1-debian Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pidgin...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/pidgin...done. (no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) set pagination 0 (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/pidgin [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7fffd9ac8710 (LWP 10279)] [New Thread 0x7fffd7a61710 (LWP 10280)] [New Thread 0x7fffd7260710 (LWP 10281)] [New Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10282)] [New Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10283)] [New Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10284)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10285)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3264710 (LWP 10286)] [New Thread 0x7fffd2860710 (LWP 10287)] [New Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10288)] [New Thread 0x7fffc9fff710 (LWP 10289)] [New Thread 0x7fffc97fe710 (LWP 10290)] [New Thread 0x7fffc8ffd710 (LWP 10291)] [New Thread 0x7fffc87fc710 (LWP 10292)] [Thread 0x7fffd2860710 (LWP 10287) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10283) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10293)] [New Thread 0x7fffc7db7710 (LWP 10294)] [New Thread 0x7fffc24d0710 (LWP 10297)] [Thread 0x7fffc24d0710 (LWP 10297) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffc24d0710 (LWP 10315)] [New Thread 0x7fffc030b710 (LWP 10316)] [New Thread 0x7fffbfb0a710 (LWP 10317)] [New Thread 0x7fffbf309710 (LWP 10318)] [Thread 0x7fffbf309710 (LWP 10318) exited] [Thread 0x7fffbfb0a710 (LWP 10317) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc030b710 (LWP 10316) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc24d0710 (LWP 10315) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10288) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd9ac8710 (LWP 10279) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10293) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd7260710 (LWP 10281) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10284) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc87fc710 (LWP 10292) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc8ffd710 (LWP 10291) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc97fe710 (LWP 10290) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc7db7710 (LWP 10294) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd3264710 (LWP 10286) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10285) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc9fff710 (LWP 10289) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10282) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd7a61710 (LWP 10280) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd7a61710 (LWP 10322)] [New Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10323)] [New Thread 0x7fffc9fff710 (LWP 10324)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10325)] [New Thread 0x7fffd7260710 (LWP 10326)] [New Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10327)] [New Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10328)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3264710 (LWP 10329)] [New Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10330)] [New Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10331)] [New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10332)] [New Thread 0x7fffcaffd710 (LWP 10333)] [New Thread 0x7fffc97fe710 (LWP 10334)] [New Thread 0x7fffc8ffd710 (LWP 10335)] [Thread 0x7fffd3264710 (LWP 10329) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffc7db7710 (LWP 10336)] [New Thread 0x7fffc269c710 (LWP 10337)] [Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10330) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10338)] [Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10338) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10331) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd7a61710 (LWP 10322) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc7db7710 (LWP 10336) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc9fff710 (LWP 10324) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd7260710 (LWP 10326) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc8ffd710 (LWP 10335) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcaffd710 (LWP 10333) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc97fe710 (LWP 10334) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10327) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc269c710 (LWP 10337) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10328) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10332) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10325) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10323) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10341)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10342)] [New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10343)] [New Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10344)] [Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10344) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10343) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10342) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10341) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10345)] [New Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10346)] [New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10347)] [New Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10348)] [Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10348) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10347) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10345) exited] [Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10346) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffd3a65710 (LWP 10351)] [New Thread 0x7fffd6a5f710 (LWP 10352)] [New Thread 0x7fffcb7fe710 (LWP 10353)] [New Thread 0x7fffd446a710 (LWP 10354)] [New Thread 0x7fffd7a61710 (LWP 10355)] [New Thread 0x7fffd7260710 (LWP 10356)] [New Thread 0x7fffd4c6b710 (LWP 10357)] [New Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10358)] [New Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10359)] [New Thread 0x7fffcaffd710 (LWP 10360)] [New Thread 0x7fffca7fc710 (LWP 10361)] [New Thread 0x7fffc9ffb710 (LWP 10362)] [New Thread 0x7fffc7db7710 (LWP 10363)] [New Thread 0x7fffc269c710 (LWP 10364)] [Thread 0x7fffd205f710 (LWP 10358) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10359) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10365)] [Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10365) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffcbfff710 (LWP 10366)] [New Thread 0x7fffbe30b710 (LWP 10367)] [New Thread 0x7fffbd760710 (LWP 10368)] [New Thread 0x7fffbcf5f710 (LWP 10369)] [New Thread 0x7fffb7fff710 (LWP 10370)] [New Thread 0x7fffb77fe710 (LWP 10371)] [New Thread 0x7fffb6ffd710 (LWP 10372)] [Thread 0x7fffb6ffd710 (LWP 10372) exited] [Thread 0x7fffb77fe710 (LWP 10371) exited] [Thread 0x7fffbd760710 (LWP 10368) exited] [Thread 0x7fffb7fff710 (LWP 10370) exited] [Thread 0x7fffbcf5f710 (LWP 10369) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffbcf5f710 (LWP 10373)] Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff4aff5ac in gst_handle_message_error (bus=<value optimized out>, msg=<value optimized out>, self=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./libpurple/media/backend-fs2.c:1021 1021 /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./libpurple/media/backend-fs2.c: No such file or directory. in /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./libpurple/media/backend-fs2.c (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff4aff5ac in gst_handle_message_error (bus=<value optimized out>, msg=<value optimized out>, self=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./libpurple/media/backend-fs2.c:1021 #1 gst_bus_cb (bus=<value optimized out>, msg=<value optimized out>, self=<value optimized out>) at /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./libpurple/media/backend-fs2.c:1059 #2 0x00007ffff52a247e in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff52b83f7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff52b9a76 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff52b9fc3 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff76dbba2 in gst_bus_async_signal_func () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #7 0x00007ffff76dca54 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #8 0x00007ffff4df36f2 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff4df7568 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff4df7a75 in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #11 0x00007ffff644c6b7 in IA__gtk_main () at /scratch/build-area/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkmain.c:1219 #12 0x0000000000486324 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe3d8) at /usr/src/debian/work/build-area/pidgin-2.7.9/./pidgin/gtkmain.c:978
