I'd guess that this is simply yet another one of the https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/589890 bugs
That bug somehow opens up a 'different' message window, that when the user clicks 'close', the window doesn't close. This bug will likely be fixed when libnotify uses whatever the standard pidgin IM window open method is :) Don't hold your breath though m8, this bug has been here for almost half a decade...lol -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376528 Title: Pidgin freezes when closing an IRC channel window To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin-libnotify/+bug/376528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs