This bug appears on my Gutsy-system as well. Now I have backported pidgin 1:2.3.1-2ubuntu1 from Hardy to Gutsy. With this new version the bug doesn't appear again so it seems to be fixed.
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- Pidgin fails login to Jabber server unless password is saved https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159020 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