This seems to be fixed upstream (in the project itself, not in Debian), in version 2.3.0. The changelog mentions: * Fixed a crash in the xchat-chats plugin which occurs due to the changes to the conversation window in 2.4.0.
(typo, was probably referring to 2.2.0) http://www.guifications.org/viewmtn/viewmtn.py/revision/file/0fd8a494e649a9529e62f86c0b2c805ea47d5763/ChangeLog -- Xchat-chats plugin makes Pidgin crash, prevents it from starting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247297 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs