Pidgin 2.5.5, 2.5.6 problems (Segmentation fault)

[Wanas]

First my problem with pidgin 2.5.5:
I was using it from a while and it was working well, but I have a problem when trying to change my display pic sometimes it crashes but I dont care much about that, then I updated to 2.5.6 through the launchpad ppa of pidgin developers then I got problems with the last release so I changed back to 2.5.5 here is the problem with 2.5.5:
all of my msn and yahoo emails works fine except one msn email when I try to login with this email pidgin crashes, I tried amsn to login with this email this email works fine with amsn.

my problem with pidgin 2.5.6:
When I try to add or remove any contact it disconnects, this is discussed here http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8977 but I didnt understand the solution :(.

here what I got when I type pidgin -d in the terminal (pidgin 2.5.5)

(02:43:02) msn: Sending ADL with payload: <ml l='1'><d n='hotmail.com'><c n='polo-89' l='3' t='1'/></d></ml>

(02:43:02) msn: C: NS 000: CHG 79 HDN 1073741856 %3cmsnobj%20Creator%3d%22wanasathry%40hotmail%2eco m%22%20Size%3d%226201%22%20Type%3d%223%22%20Locati on%3d%22TFR2C2%2etmp%22%20Friendly%3d%22AAA%3d%22% 20SHA1D%3d%2295seES2mITTEpLpsPlqpDkr2BzY%3d%22%20S HA1C%3d%22dYyvh51%2fuiGgP%2bM3hzg4VmP1A5c%3d%22%2f %3e
(02:43:02) msn: Sending UUX command with payload: <Data><PSM/><CurrentMedia/><MachineGuid/></Data>
(02:43:02) msn: C: NS 000: UUX 80 48
(02:43:02) msn: unqueueing command.
Segmentation fault

[Wanas]

any suggestions please.....

[Clorow]

Segfaults, in technical terms, happen when the program tries to write memory to a space it doesn't have the permissions to write to. Usually, this is fixed by:



Open Synaptic
Type in "Pidgin"
Mark pidgin and pidgin-data for Complete Removal (please note, this does not delete your personal settings. It just deletes the global settings which you shouldn't have to worry about)
DON'T PRESS "APPLY CHANGES". Instead, erase your search box, go to Custom Filters, and click on Marked Changes. Write down everything that is being uninstalled, so you can reinstall it.
Press "Apply Changes".
Once it's done, reinstall everything you wrote down.

[Wanas]

I have tried to reinstall pidgin alot of times but I think its not the problem


Segfaults, in technical terms, happen when the program tries to write memory to a space it doesn't have the permissions to write to.
I have tried to open pidgin in root mode but the same error accures :(

and thanks for replaying

[Clorow]

Reinstalling by complete removal or just removal? Also, being root won't matter, since that's really not how it works. It's not files, it's RAM and swap space. So just try completely removing Pidgin and installing it again.

[Wanas]

thanks for your fast replay ;)
yeah I always do the complete removal of my applications

but I have the same .purple folder in /home folder, I dont change it from like a 5 months does this matter ?

[Wanas]

any other suggestions plz

[Wanas]

I am now using pidgin 2.5.2 and every thing works fine
thanks for helping :p

[dumblebee100]

This ******* pidgin never work for me ...when I try to connect to google talk ...It always segfaults ..

last resort I have to use wine and windows pidgin ..but I dont want to do like that ...

is there any other way to connect to google talk

[Wanas]

This ******* pidgin never work for me ...when I try to connect to google talk ...It always segfaults ..

last resort I have to use wine and windows pidgin ..but I dont want to do like that ...

is there any other way to connect to google talk

Try to use pidgin 2.6.1, I tried it and google talk works, and they said that the new pidgin 2.6.1 support voice/video for google talk chat but it didnt work for me :(
Download it from http://www.getdeb.net/ (the site wont open at this minute)
So try this http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Pidgin-Download-6.html

[dumblebee100]

Try to use pidgin 2.6.1, I tried it and google talk works, and they said that the new pidgin 2.6.1 support voice/video for google talk chat but it didnt work for me :(
Download it from http://www.getdeb.net/ (the site wont open at this minute)
So try this http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Pidgin-Download-6.html

I even tried the2.6.1 from the getdeb but the history repeats itself ..

the same error ..

by the way what are your settings for google talk ..could you tell me like
label: value

[Wanas]

I even tried the2.6.1 from the getdeb but the history repeats itself ..

the same error ..

by the way what are your settings for google talk ..could you tell me like
label: value

here a screenshot ;)