Thanks for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Sorry we don't always have the resources to get to every bug report. Ubuntu 10.04 is no longer supported so I'm going to close the bug.
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940820 Title: Pidgin 2.6.6: "Available - Waiting for network connection" Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Pidgin 2.6.6: "Available - Waiting for network connection" although '~$ route' indicates that my computer is connected to the network. In this situation I can start Pidgin using the procedure Alt+F2 > 'pidgin -f' though. I expect that I can start Pidgin by running the command '~$ pidgin' if '~$ route' shows that my computer is connected to the network. I expect that Pidgin does not print the misleading status message: "Waiting for network connection." ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: pidgin 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic 2.6.32.52+drm33.21 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Feb 25 09:08:20 2012 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pidgin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/940820/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp