GAIM repeatedly crashing, usualy just before IM is received (msn_emoticon_msg)

Thank you for your bug. Could you try with the package from http://people.ubuntu.com/~seb128/gaim-edgy/ if you still have that problem? That might be fixed with the new version or a patch

From the terminal:

vladan@***********:~$ gaim
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This time it took FireFox with it as well. Terminal remained open, as did Evolution. I'll try the beta version you suggested but this is beginning to look like a system-wide problem.

Yep, now no application will open other than the ones already running. All I get is a Starting "application name" in the lower panel which disappears after a few moments.

Firefox somehow did run, detected a previous crash and restored open pages, which is how I'm posting this.

Log off/restart etc panel also refuses to open.

This has happened to me before, the only thing that can be done now is to terminate my session with ctrl - alt - backspace or force shutdown via the power button.

This does NOT happen each time GAIM crashes.

Thank you for the update, happens with 2.0beta5 then

Debug backtrace:

#0 0xb76526aa in strcmp () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb76526aa in strcmp () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1 0xb6a150ab in msn_session_find_slplink (session=0x84e42d8, who=0x0) at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/slplink.c:138
#2 0xb6a152ec in msn_session_get_slplink (session=0x84e42d8, username=0x0) at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/slplink.c:150
#3 0xb6a12c19 in msn_emoticon_msg (cmdproc=0x88c1b40, msg=0x87ac6d8) at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/slp.c:825
#4 0xb6a02623 in msn_cmdproc_process_msg (cmdproc=0x88c1b40, msg=0x87ac6d8)
    at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/cmdproc.c:248
#5 0xb6a16d74 in msg_cmd_post (cmdproc=0x88c1b40, cmd=0x87b03d8,
    payload=0x86fda5b "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: text/x-mms-animemoticon\r\n\r\nhehe\t<msnobj Creator=\"<email address hidden>\" Type=\"2\" SHA1D=\"dMHuxlLAGe5nALMtO1FZttWpiZs=\" Size=\"1237\" Location=\"0\" Friendly=\"aABlAGgAZQAAA"..., len=207) at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/switchboard.c:734
#6 0xb6a026dd in msn_cmdproc_process_payload (cmdproc=0x88c1b40,
    payload=0x86fda5b "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: text/x-mms-animemoticon\r\n\r\nhehe\t<msnobj Creator=\"<email address hidden>\" Type=\"2\" SHA1D=\"dMHuxlLAGe5nALMtO1FZttWpiZs=\" Size=\"1237\" Location=\"0\" Friendly=\"aABlAGgAZQAAA"..., payload_len=207) at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/cmdproc.c:223
#7 0xb6a11928 in read_cb (data=0x88e6938, source=18, cond=GAIM_INPUT_READ)
    at ../../../../src/protocols/msn/servconn.c:433
#8 0x080fafe3 in gaim_gtk_io_invoke (source=0x88c1ba8, condition=G_IO_IN, data=0x8aa6c78) at ../../src/gtkeventloop.c:74

No, sorry, my two previous updates describe what was happening before I installed 2.0 beta 5.

Beta 5 has been solid as a rock so far.

Sorry again for not making that clear in my previous update.

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report
any further bugs which you find.

Same problem here using the most recent package in the edgy database.