I tried to reproduce your actual issue with latest gutsy pidgin 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.1 and I was not able to reproduce this bug. Can you test if this bug still persist with latest pidgin version? You can know what pidgin version you use by typing "apt-cache policy pidgin" in a terminal without the quotes " .
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I tried to reproduce your actual issue with latest gutsy pidgin 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.1 and I was not able to reproduce this bug. Can you test if this bug still persist with latest pidgin version? You can know what pidgin version you use by typing "apt-cache policy pidgin" in a terminal without the quotes " .