custom smileys saved static, no animation

[Said Babayev]

Binary package hint: pidgin

1) Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 with latest updates

2) pidgin Installed: 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1

3) Save animated smileys in msn network by rightclicking on them, and choosin Add custom smiley

4) Smileys saved as static, without animation

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
Linux 2.6.28-11-generic

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[Said Babayev (phoenix49)]

Hello,

I'll test it on new ubuntu 9.04 in a few days and post here results.

Thank you!

Regards,
Said
Emo Philips - "I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the
exterminator."

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> custom smileys saved static, no animation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295104
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[chris_c (c-camacho)]

The problem is that it will only save out as png and it needs gif's for them to be animated

if you select a gif you have already rather than trying to import someone else's it works

saving a smiley will just save out as a png which isnt animated

[Luciano Ziegler (emaildoluc)]

the same problem here using ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11, and Pidgin 2.5.4

[manzur (sl-solaris)]

the same problem in here, i am using pidgin 2.5.5 in jaunty jackalope beta with latest updates

[Fernán González (fernangonzalez)]

Same here. The icons don't show animation. I also noticed that one of them was displayed partially (just a part of the image, not the whole image) in the recipient's screen (MSN Messenger).

[Akash (aakash602)]

same here with ubuntu 9.04 and Pidgin 2.5.6

[Yannis Tsop (ogiannhs)]

same with 9.10
Pidgin 2.5.8
(libpurple 2.5.8)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Do you get the same with Lucid or Maverick? Thanks in advance.

[chris_c (c-camacho)]

still seeing this on Ubuntu 10.04