diff -p -up pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/network.c~ pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/network.c
--- pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/network.c~	2009-08-19 00:11:47.000000000 +0200
+++ pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/network.c	2009-08-19 00:13:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -750,8 +750,6 @@ nm_update_state(NMState state)
 	switch(state)
 	{
 		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
-			/* Call res_init in case DNS servers have changed */
-			res_init();
 			/* update STUN IP in case we it changed (theoretically we could
 			   have gone from IPv4 to IPv6, f.ex. or we were previously
 			   offline */