Happens to me too. Pidgin will run for many hours, and then disappear with this error message.
Hardy x86 (main, restricted, universe, multiverse) x (hardy, hardy-updates, hardy-security, hardy-proposed) Pidgin version: 1:2.4.3-0ubuntu1~hardy1 Using ALSA sound output (although I don't think it's related to sound). -- pidgin: Fatal IO error 10 (No child processes) on X server :0.0. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183844 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