Cannot run pidgin

[AndyM]

If I run Pidgin from the command line, after a reboot, I get:

Code:

$ pidgin

(Pidgin:7130): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: 15:13:54.696: gst_element_message_full_with_details: assertion 'GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed

and pidgin will not run. Google says that it is to do with the camera, but what do I know?
Any ideas?

It seems that the error can be ignored 
The reason pidgin does not start is that Chatty also uses libpurple, so, if I start pidgin with the -m flag it runs as expected (at least for the moment  )

I suspect that the video will not work, but that seems to be normal for the Pinephone camera.