Turning off "show smileys as images" does not persist after closing the dialog.

[Brandon Whaley]

Binary package hint: empathy

Steps to replicate:

Edit->Preferences

Uncheck "Show smileys as images" on the General tab

Click "Close"

Open the preference dialog again

The box is still checked.

Repeatable: always.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 14 15:29:17 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

i cannot reproduce this issue in fully update ubuntu 10.10

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

can you please reply to the last question?

[Hugh Warrington (x-launchpad-hughw-org)]

I have the same problem in 10.10 with all latest updates applied (Empathy says it is version 2.32.1 in the About box). It's quite an annoying niggle where I'm using it to post code snippets all day.