diff -r 8193c6b465e4 -r c3eccf04560f finch/gntdebug.c
--- a/finch/gntdebug.c	Sun Dec 28 10:17:15 2008 +0000
+++ b/finch/gntdebug.c	Thu Jan 01 18:15:17 2009 +0000
@@ -43,6 +43,48 @@
 
 #define PREF_ROOT "/finch/debug"
 
+static gboolean
+handle_fprintf_stderr_cb(GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition cond, gpointer null)
+{
+	gssize size;
+	char message[1024];
+
+	size = read(g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(source), message, sizeof(message) - 1);
+	if (size <= 0) {
+		/* Something bad probably happened elsewhere ... let's ignore */
+	} else {
+		message[size] = '\0';
+		g_log("stderr", G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "%s", message);
+	}
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+handle_fprintf_stderr(gboolean stop)
+{
+	GIOChannel *stderrch;
+	static int readhandle = -1;
+	int pipes[2];
+
+	if (stop) {
+		if (readhandle >= 0) {
+			g_source_remove(readhandle);
+			readhandle = -1;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+	pipe(pipes);
+	dup2(pipes[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+
+	stderrch = g_io_channel_unix_new(pipes[0]);
+	g_io_channel_set_close_on_unref(stderrch, TRUE);
+	readhandle = g_io_add_watch_full(stderrch, G_PRIORITY_HIGH,
+			G_IO_IN | G_IO_ERR | G_IO_PRI,
+			handle_fprintf_stderr_cb, NULL, NULL);
+	g_io_channel_unref(stderrch);
+}
+
 static struct
 {
 	GntWidget *window;
@@ -143,10 +185,6 @@
 }
 
 static void
-suppress_error_messages(const char *message)
-{}
-
-static void
 toggle_pause(GntWidget *w, gpointer n)
 {
 	debug.paused = !debug.paused;
@@ -348,10 +386,11 @@
 #ifdef USE_GSTREAMER
 	REGISTER_G_LOG_HANDLER("GStreamer");
 #endif
+	REGISTER_G_LOG_HANDLER("stderr");
 
 	g_set_print_handler(print_stderr);   /* Redirect the debug messages to stderr */
 	if (!purple_debug_is_enabled())
-		g_set_printerr_handler(suppress_error_messages);
+		handle_fprintf_stderr(FALSE);
 
 	purple_prefs_add_none(PREF_ROOT);
 	purple_prefs_add_string(PREF_ROOT "/filter", "");
@@ -365,5 +404,6 @@
 
 void finch_debug_uninit()
 {
+	handle_fprintf_stderr(TRUE);
 }