Upgrading gavl to 1.1.1 worked for me on Karmic, Both empathy and pidgin work now, Thanks.
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gmerlin/gavl/1.1.1/gavl-1.1.1.tar.gz?use_mirror=iweb tar -zxvf gavl-1.1.1.tar.gz sudo apt-get install libsamplerate-dev cd gavl-1.1.1 ./configure make sudo checkinstall when prompted enter 2 and rename the package to libgavl1 and hit enter (not sure if it makes a difference or not but it worked for me) enjoy -- empathy crashed with SIGILL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456530 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