Some additional information: when I run pidgin one more time without removing the .purple it connects to my icq account and everything seems fine. Then I try to add my msn account and it segfaults again (debug info attached).
** Attachment added: "backtrace-pidgin2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15886094/backtrace-pidgin2 -- pidgin segfaults on start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228332 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