GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 505086
Pidgin Crashes shortly after beginning a conversation
Last modified: 2008-05-06 13:15:08 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. Start conversation using MSN protocol 2. Talk for a short period 3. Screen locks up Stack trace: (13:38:27) g_log: file ../../libpurple/dbus-server.c: line 725 (purple_dbus_message_append_purple_values): should not be reached (13:38:27) dbus: The signal "conversation-timestamp" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (13:38:27) gstreamer: Could not open resource for writing. (13:38:27) gstreamer: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer. (13:38:27) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `<invalid>' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:27) gstreamer: Could not open resource for writing. (13:38:27) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `<invalid>' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:27) gstreamer: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer. (13:38:27) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `<invalid>' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:27) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `<invalid>' in cast to `GstPlayBaseBin' (13:38:35) msn: S: SB 001: MSG dorkusboy@hotmail.com mike 170 (13:38:35) g_log: file ../../libpurple/dbus-server.c: line 725 (purple_dbus_message_append_purple_values): should not be reached (13:38:35) dbus: The signal "conversation-timestamp" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (13:38:35) gstreamer: Could not open resource for writing. (13:38:36) gstreamer: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer. (13:38:36) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:36) gstreamer: Could not open resource for writing. (13:38:36) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:36) gstreamer: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer. (13:38:36) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GstObject' (13:38:36) GLib-GObject: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GstPlayBaseBin' Other information:
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Unfortunately, that's not actually a stack trace - it's debug output. The errors point to a ref-counting bug somewhere, either inside GStreamer or in the pidgin code. Also, the 'Could not open resource for writing' toward the start probably means that the sound device was inaccesible. Perhaps pidgin doesn't handle this case correctly. With the provided information, it's not possible to identify the bug further.
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for. Thanks!