Ah! I had been experimenting with SOCKS support. If I switch 'Network Proxy' back to 'Direct' then I no longer have the crash.
I'd say this is confirmed. ** Summary changed: - hardy pidgin crashes with "corrupted double-linked list", "double free or corruption (fasttop)" + hardy pidgin crashes when using SOCKS proxy ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- hardy pidgin crashes when using SOCKS proxy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226242 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