Please install the pidgin-dbg and libgtk2.0-0 packages, and get a backtrace as described here: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABacktrace Also, moving your ~/.purple directory out of the way and trying again might help, as will attaching the output of "pidgin -d".
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 11:00 -0400, Jerry Quinn wrote: > Package: pidgin > Version: 2.2.0-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > I just upgraded from pidgin 2.0 and now pidgin exits silently as soon as you > run it. > There are no messages in .xsession, and nothing printed to the console. I > don't know > enough to see why it's unhappy from strace output. > > I tried purging and reinstalling the package and it still fails to run. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]