Pidgin broken after upgrade to 23.04

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/20464

Pidgin doesn't work anymore since I upgraded from 22.10 to 23.04 today. I get the following error when I try to open it in Terminal:

*** stack smashing detected ***: terminated

Aborted (core dumped)

If I try to open it from the launcher it doesn't open and I get no error at all. Any suggestions on how to fix the problem? I apparently have version 2.14.12 installed.

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secproto@pawb.social · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 2 pts · 2y

Well, @TunaCowboy@lemmy.world's suggestion worked, but here is the output from your commands anyway.

CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That is really nice of you. I will give these a try tomorrow.

secproto@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y
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TunaCowboy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 4 pts · 2y

Oh wow. Pidgin launched no problem when I ran pidgin -fstack-protector. Thanks!

secproto@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y
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malkauns@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

ppl still use pidgin??

CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 1 pts · 2y

I use it for IRC and XMPP. Are there better options?