[Pidgin] #4795: Buddy Icon cannot be seen by others (YM protocol)

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#4795: Buddy Icon cannot be seen by others (YM protocol)
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 Reporter:  cristianhaulica  |        Owner:  marv  
     Type:  defect           |       Status:  new   
Milestone:  2.4.3            |    Component:  Yahoo!
  Version:  2.3.1            |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  Buddy Icon       |  
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Comment(by khratos):

 Report:
 1. After changing several times the display pictures that were resized
 using GIMP,
    Results: No problem appeared. All fine.

 2. I tried to use those resized pictures on Kopete.
    Results: Couldn't make my contacts to see my buddy icon, Even the black
 display did not appeared.

 3. After relogin again on Pidgin:
    a. One of my contacts was able to see the Buddy Icon AGAIN.
    b. I was not able to see the buddy icon from the Yahoo Mess on a
       vmWare Windows running on my PC. (The black box was there)

 4. Changing the Buddy Icon to another previously resized pics:
    a. One of my contacts was able to see the new Buddy Icon, no problem.
    b. I was not able to see buddy icon from Yahoo Mess on vmWare Win on my
 PC.
       (The black box was there)

 5. Signing Out/In from vmWare Windows running on my PC.
    a. Changes were reflected, that is, The previously changed picture
 (step 4) was there
       visible without problems.



 It does not leads to a concrete conclusion, but:

 1. Resized images with GIMP appears to be working fine.
 2. The 'black box' could be related with Yahoo servers or some kind of
 corrupted cache on Users
    side.



 NOTES:
 1. Before resizing the pics with GIMP (PREVIOUS message), NONE of my
 contacts
    could see my buddy icons, no matter what picture I used.

 2. The only way to reflect changes on buddy icons is to change them on
 'Edit Account' options.
    The other way to changing it (main window) is just ignored apparently.

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