[Bug 37666] Re: gaim segfaults on startup due to missing pounces.xml

[Michael Wardle]

Removing my .gaim directory allows Gaim to start (obviously this isn't a long-term solution: I need my buddies, history, etc.).

On a clean profile, Gaim doesn't create a pounces.xml, so perhaps that's not where it's failing.

This is the backtrace from the core file:
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb76879a1 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb76892b9 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0x080f353c in sighandler ()
#4  <signal handler called>
#5  0xb76ba9fd in vsnprintf () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#6  0xb77ed2f9 in g_vsnprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0xb77ed35e in g_snprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8  0x0808f4df in gaim_marshal_BOOLEAN__POINTER_POINTER_POINTER_POINTER_POINTER ()
#9  0xb77cc7af in g_markup_parse_context_parse () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#10 0x0808f93a in gaim_status_load ()
#11 0x080f3fe5 in main ()

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gaim segfaults on startup due to missing pounces.xml
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37666