diff -r b0659f31989d -r 77664079d0f0 pidgin/gtkimhtml.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkimhtml.c	Mon Jan 20 07:39:26 2014 +0530
+++ b/pidgin/gtkimhtml.c	Mon Jan 20 00:02:17 2014 -0800
@@ -558,7 +558,13 @@
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail(GTK_IS_IMHTML(imhtml), FALSE);
 
-	layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(imhtml->tip_window, imhtml->tip);
+	/* We set the text in a separate function call so we can specify a
+	   max length.  This is important so the tooltip isn't too wide for
+	   the screen, and also because some X library function exits the
+	   process when it can't allocate enough memory for a super wide
+	   tooltip. */
+	layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(imhtml->tip_window, NULL);
+	pango_layout_set_text(layout, imhtml->tip, 200);
 	style = gtk_widget_get_style(imhtml->tip_window);
 
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
@@ -627,7 +633,15 @@
 #endif
 
 	gtk_widget_ensure_style (imhtml->tip_window);
-	layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(imhtml->tip_window, imhtml->tip);
+
+	/* We set the text in a separate function call so we can specify a
+	   max length.  This is important so the tooltip isn't too wide for
+	   the screen, and also because some X library function exits the
+	   process when it can't allocate enough memory for a super wide
+	   tooltip. */
+	layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(imhtml->tip_window, NULL);
+	pango_layout_set_text(layout, imhtml->tip, 200);
+
 	font = pango_context_load_font(pango_layout_get_context(layout),
 	                               style->font_desc);