20110120

This week's Hug Day will focus on Pidgin!

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100 New Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or

  • Set status to Confirmed

Bug

Subject

Triager

703848

Pidgin crashes on data URL

703335

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

703282

Google Talk shows video icon even with no webcam present when logged in through Pidgin

700622

Pidgin makes the whole interface severely bug

699869

blocking of contacs impossible

yofel

699752

Custom smileys/emoticons aren't shown

699679

Account sub menus not avalible

LAUNCHPAD_ID

695171

the software closes suddenly without advise and without my comando

yofel

693736

purple-remote must encode its output

693219

Starting a Google Video chat crashes pidgin

688997

pidgin buddy icons dont appear

pvillavi

688438

You missed 2 messages from ... because your warning level is too high.

yofel

687540

please increase packaging granularity for finch/farsight

685791

pidgin freeze when inserting a URL in the chat window

pvillavi

684319

pidgin crashes on recieving normal jabber message

682624

omega.contacts.msn.com

680629

Can't send messages to Empathy using Bonjour

677889

package pidgin-data (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/mxit.png', which is also in package mxit-libpurple 0:2.2.0-1

yofel

677275

can not log in, sometimes can sometimes not, but most difficult to log in.

676658

Busy status message not displayed with yahoo

676434

when expend empty group, the triangle does not turn down

675191

pidgin automatically answers audio and video calls from gmail web application

675188

pidgin crashes on a first message from an icq contact after I use the plugins configuration window

674873

SIGSEGV in g_list_last () while receiving new message

674026

pidgin falls duging invoking IM window

673643

Messed up patches after Debian resync

672867

change in status does not reflect to contacts

666933

wrong character encoding in pidgin

665736

pidgin SIGSEGV

665605

sending files doesn't work

663548

does not show that I am typing for Yahoo Messenger Contacts

662954

Pidgin freezes when I paste a particular URL into IM window

658070

not recieving messages on pidgin as msn messenger

657699

it cannot connect with my internet connection with 3.1 MBPS speed

657223

Pidgin crashes randomly

657009

Sideways tab close button uncomfortably small on 10.10 Ambiance theme

655844

Can't connect to yahoo after maverick upgrade

654984

not able to view contact names for Yahoo, on Pidgin. Only user-names visible.

pvillavi

654290

First milliseconds of a Pidgin event sound are distorted

654096

Pidgin Accounts repeated in list

653797

Default-with-Skype emoticon theme broken

drkenobi

651622

pidgin assert failure: *** glibc detected *** pidgin: malloc(): smallbin double linked list corrupted: 0x0ab72de0 ***

651540

Cannot do video chat using jabber/xmpp

651077

pidgin crashed with signal 7 in purple_upnp_cancel_port_mapping()

650940

pidgin assert failure: *** glibc detected *** pidgin: corrupted double-linked list: 0xb3e02300 ***

648839

Notification sound crackle

648669

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in purple_account_get_ui_bool()

~charlie-tca

647899

sounds lag - Can not hear sound events clearly!

~charlie-tca

647784

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in purple_account_get_protocol_id()

~charlie-tca

647179

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in purple_util_fetch_url_cancel()

~charlie-tca

645616

file transfer does not work on yahoo - pidgin 2.7.3

pvillavi

644173

Default-with-Skype smiley's have broken smiley's

drkenobi

643443

suddenly disapear from panel, once in a while off

629688

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_set_size_request()

pvillavi

621309

Unable to join AIM chat rooms

621218

Pidgin doesn't launch

pvillavi

618996

Problem with Buddy requests deny doesn't work right.

pvillavi

615674

Pidgin can't remember my friend name [not local alias]

pvillavi

612440

pidgin crashes while watching flash movies

pvillavi

612031

'4 New Emails' on startup 100% of time

pvillavi

608408

Facebook chat with XMPP doesn't recognizes status changes

pvillavi

607189

pidgin should not override away mode with a lesser one on auto-away

pvillavi

606310

pidgin giving segfault and close with freeserif fonts

pvillavi

605433

Accept chatroom dialog can overflow the screen

603655

creating a group of contact in pidgin doesn't add the first contact into the group

pvillavi

602532

Pidgin causes KDE tray to grow to excessive size over time

601130

Pidgin hangs when a gmail user initiates a voice chat

pvillavi

596777

some times chat window freezes after clicking "close" button

pvillavi

596382

Sending URLs in ICQ doesn't work

LAUNCHPAD_ID

587504

Pidgin disconnects from ICQ and myspace when setting status through MeMenu

580371

it doesnt start at all

pvillavi

574811

cannot sign in from presence menu

LAUNCHPAD_ID

572760

Changing status using indicator-me applet causes pidgin to sign out, and signs in empathy instead

drkenobi

569078

Pidgin perl plugin signals aren't triggered

565467

Should remember languages selected for spell checking, ideally per-contact

561801

closing the buddy list doesn't actually exit the application

trinikrono

556430

pidgin assert failure: *** glibc detected *** pidgin: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0a361900 ***

pvillavi

545292

Message notifications leave empty space in notification area after disappearing

534881

PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it

518869

crashes when enabling MSN (pecan) account

pvillavi

514760

33 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/send.c: No such file or directory.

484263

pidgin should use low urgency on logon notifications

483094

video chat with only one party having a camera

454931

changing status logs out

evfool

445369

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in g_file_set_contents()

~charlie-tca

438375

Conversation windows icons shouldn't be buddy avatar

~charlie-tca

437341

OSD notification for new messages not working

432999

pidgin and facebook

~charlie-tca

424787

pidgin using old freeDesktop.org system tray protocol

~charlie-tca

406414

pidgins appears multiple times in applications tab of sounds preferences

399757

Unintuitive duplicate keyboard shortcuts in Pidgin's Add Account dialog

~charlie-tca

396703

Irc Add button doesnt changes to Remove after adding # to favorites.

~charlie-tca

395001

apt-get install of finch requires X11 (deps wrong)

~charlie-tca

387318

pidgin does not remove partial file

~charlie-tca

385110

Pidgin: ICQ Status not visible for others

~charlie-tca

377924

broken finch package

~charlie-tca

374152

Pidgin's needs icons with higher resolution

~charlie-tca

358958

SIMPLE should understand phone calls

~charlie-tca

345742

Music tracker plugin not working with VLC media player

326425

blist.xml was corrupted during normal shutdown - "buddy" tag "account" attribute contains invalid XML chars

~charlie-tca

24 Incomplete Bugs

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  • Change the bug's status to "Confirmed" or "Triaged" if the reporter replied with enough information or

  • Ask a secondary follow up question and subscribe to the bug report

Bug

Subject

Triager

686860

I can not connect

kamus

682076

Mistake of variation of the information on registration record

681560

Pidgin Tabs use wrong colors and therefore encounter problems with some dark GTK themes

kamus

676552

не работает

kamus

612425

MSN - library not working

kamus

568142

Updating Pigin to use Yahoo.Messenger

kamus

547020

Clear formatting button does not work

kamus

520114

Pidgin keeps crashing

kamus

483009

Pidgin silently crashed with SIGSEGV due to pn_peer_call_free() in libmsn-pecan

kamus

444600

pidgin icq is not able to connect to server

kamus

419135

crashes suddenly and often.

kamus

403903

cannot change icq password

kamus

388989

url-handle doesn't work with irc://

kamus

374421

Pidgin default encoding should be Latin/Unicode Hybrid

kamus

362100

pidgin crashed while in another workspace - SIGPIPE

kamus

341142

Contact list doesn't always come on top

319576

pidgin crashed when sending offline msn message

298702

wrong text colors when dark or other non-default color sheme used

kamus

255972

Have to login manually when opening Hotmail inbox

kamus

234418

can't sort group names

225505

Pidgin's auto-reconnect does not always reconnect

157666

pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

119000

Pidgin forgets Bonjour aliases

kamus

54127

Certain windows steal focus

50 Confirmed Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
  • Set status to triaged UbuntuBugControl

Bug

Subject

Triager

639652

New mail notification in Buddy List is unreadable

623555

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in dbus_g_proxy_call()

601691

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in strchrnul()

596426

So tiny "×" to click to close tabs

kamus

566985

google talk is never authorized / fails to connect

kamus

539516

Pidgin introduces spurious uneditable public status message, without user's permission.

drkenobi

533409

pidgin do not minimize to notification applet

kamus

523996

Contacts using GTalk on Android phones makes pidgin alert very often

497811

System tray icon doesn't fit with transparent panel

kamus

487210

never logs , spin-ing wheel frozz , at bottom "available" box on Pidgin window

kamus

479409

pidgin started to swap, taking up a huge amount of memory

kamus

470723

Pidgin stops responding on starting an audio call

kamus

424861

Gadu-Gadu Invisible status

kamus

422611

pidgin room list hangs when name (for sorting) is pressed while list is still updating

kamus

421711

Pidgin MSN chat/switchboard timeout error

kamus

421637

SCIM input not possible in Pidgin

kamus

421598

new massage

kamus

399632

Can't open my Gmail account in Pidgin

kamus

393511

Pidgin is always at Available - connecting and will never connect. My internet is working, but Pidgin won't connect at all.

kamus

391380

When I connect to Jabber MUC Pidgin crashes.

kamus

384105

QQ account disabled because of protocol error in Pidgin and Empathy

kamus

379473

pidgin crashed with SIGFPE in g_hash_table_lookup()

kamus

378738

Pigin segfault when closing chat window

kamus

376975

Can't choose group

kamus

372833

Pidgin doesn't show all MSN smileys using msn-pecan protocol

363103

If you type "/quit" when on irc channel in pidgin,its closing and channel self deleting from list

kamus

360328

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in xmlParseChunk()

kamus

357229

pidgin freezes when using sound

kamus

355329

Apps should display a system tray icon when the messaging menu is not available

drkenobi

351935

Notifications in Pidgin are changed without permission

drkenobi

349431

logged out while closing Pidgin main window

kamus

346554

indicator-applet fails to bring pidgin to foreground

344646

pidgin update from ubuntu 8.10 causes over 500+ processes

kamus

344316

pidgin will not open I reinstalled it will appear now but not open..

kamus

343120

Cannot send or receive files (not at all)

kamus

342680

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in pidgin_conv_switch_active_conversation()

kamus

337839

The 'Unable To Retrieve Buddy List' dialog is recreated every few seconds

kamus

334636

starting pidgin brings up an IRC window with a wrong password

kamus

331863

Account settings not saved

kamus

331067

[Jaunty] Pidgin reports "Proxy configuration program was not found."

kamus

329584

Pidgin crashes when sending only breakline

kamus

327512

pidgin hangs on space after unbroken wrapped line

kamus

326252

Pidgin crashed with glibc "/usr/bin/pidgin: free(): invalid pointer: 0xbf846390"

kamus

325723

pidgin crashed with SIGILL

kamus

325243

pidgin crashed with SIGSEGV in clone()

kamus

324953

icq invisible status does not hide me at default

kamus

320370

Pidgin pop-up doesn't work on ubuntu 8.04-gnome

kamus

316129

Pidgin crashes at startup

kamus

311569

pidgin crashes in Preferences (Intrepid)

kamus

311503

different window sizes for different protocols

kamus

Progress

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