Pidgin Crashes

[Jamwa]

No error, no log file, pidgin just crashes all the time. Is this specific to me or common to F10 users?

when does it Crash? does it crash when you enter a AIM Password or something similar?

[glennzo]

Try running it from the command line. See if there's any error output generated there when it crashes, or for that matter, even when the program starts...

[Jamwa]

@Demz The crash is not predictable as such. I could be typing a chat message and away it goes. Sometimes just as it starts up. Sometimes when scrolling through the list of online buddies

@glenzoo Started it via konsole. Will post if anything comes up

when your using Pidgin are you also using Compiz-Fusion?

[Jamwa]

Yes. Compiz fusion is enabled with all those wobbly desktop effects

[Jamwa]

And so far, it has not crashed (yet) but this is the output from the terminal:

[arthur@platypus ~]$ pidgin 
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory

could it be a Compiz-fusion thats causing the crash, try not enabling Compiz . it could well be a Plugin thats causing the crashes

by the way what compiz-fusion are you using?. the stock one or leigh123@linux's compiz?

[Jamwa]

compiz --version gives compiz 0.7.8

so its stock compiz. but im just wondering if its a plugin causing the crash . either that or it could well be a Pidgin Plugin

[Jamwa]

It (finally) crashed from the terminal with this output:

...
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
E: shm.c: mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
Pidgin 2.5.5-1.fc10 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file.
This is a bug in the software and has happened through
no fault of your own.

If you can reproduce the crash, please notify the developers
by reporting a bug at:
http://developer.pidgin.im/simpleticket/

Please make sure to specify what you were doing at the time
and post the backtrace from the core file.  If you do not know
how to get the backtrace, please read the instructions at
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABacktrace
[arthur@platypus ~]$

These are the plugins I have enabled:

ExtPlacement 2.5.5-1.fc10
history 2.5.5-1.fc10
Message notification 2.5.5-1.fc10
Nautilus integration 0.8

Further, I have a plugin on Amarok 2.0.2 that updates my status with the currently playing song. The plugin is called PdginStatus version 0.2

i wonder if it might be worth filing the Bug but saying what you just said above. who knows there maybe nother bug report thats the same

[Jamwa]

I have disabled compiz but still got 3 crashes so far :-(

[wella_evan]

same exact problem with pidgin happens to me since i've updated my KDE about month and a half ago...and i don't know what to do....it just crashes at no particular time for no particular reason with no error or bug message

ok remove nautilus-sendto but is your system updated?