Please, can you give the ~/.xsession-errors file, and can you search into system->admin->system logs-> syslog and kernlog informations about pidgin (segfault, error messages,...)
Which version of ubuntu do you have? Can you post the result of: apt-cache policy pidgin Marked as incomplete until we have more information. ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- freezes when pidgin is running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294413 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