Pidgin chat refresh bug

[ekerazha]

Often (not always), when I send a message to another user I can't see into the "chat field" the text I've sent and I've to click on the "chat field" to make it appear. Seems like a chat refresh bug. It seems to appear more often when animated .gif smileys are used in the conversation.

A animated smiley theme can be downloaded from here:
http://artwine.wz.cz/secondary/gaim-QIPsmileys.tar.gz

[Roman Polach (rpolach)]

maybe I see the same problem: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gaim/+bug/93868
but it seems to be dependent on smiley theme.. for the default one or ICQ-5.1-like it is ok, but for QIP-like one (animated) there is that problem..

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

this happens when animated gifs are present in the chat window, but not always

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

I do no more have this bug

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

bug came out again

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution.

Can you install the latest Pidgin version 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4 in Linux Ubuntu Gutsy and confirm if you can reproduce this bug?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Yes, but I need to wait for someone that sends me animated gifs!

[Brice Terzaghi (terzag)]

I've had this problem recently too (last week). I'm not sure at 100% that I was using the last Pidgin build. Has there been a new package recently ?

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Take the time to test it, please be sure that the version you have installed is the 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4 version. You can do this by typing this on a terminal :

apt-cache policy pidgin

In my case, it works and it seems to works for people with the duplicate bug #93868

[Brice Terzaghi (terzag)]

Well, in my case it happened about 10 days ago. So unless there has been an update since, I have it with 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.
But I'll check this more precisely when I can.

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

terzag : Thanks :)

[Brice Terzaghi (terzag)]

Well, it happened one time during my tests (for reasons unknown: I think there was no animated GIF involved at that time) with the 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4 version.
It hasn't happened since I switched to version 2.3.0 (from Getdeb), although it may still be there as:
1. I don't use Piding often and it might just not have happened to me with the latest version yet;
2. It seems to happen quite randomly.

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Hum, I set the status of this bug to Incomplete because we can't reproduce it with actual Pidgin version but if someone can get more information about this bug, it would be a great contribution.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

The only problem of this bug is that we must find someone that is able to attach animated gifs to the conversation. I don't know how to do this, do you?

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

This bug looks like a duplicate of bug #93868 which is fixed but I believe that we must confirm that it's really fixed before marking this bug as a duplicate.

How to install and use an animated smiley theme :

1. Download a animated smiley theme like QIP ( http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6861494/gaim-QIPsmileys.tar.gz )
2. Open Pidgin and click on Tools / Preferences
3. Go to the "Smiley Themes" tab and click on "Add" button
4. Select the previously downloaded theme ( must be a .tar.gz archive )
5. Make sure the new theme is selected in the list and click on close
6. You are now using animated smileys

You can also ask one of your friend which use Windows Live Messenger or Yahoo Messenger / else to send you a animated smiley during a chat session.

[Brice Terzaghi (terzag)]

Mmm... just happened to me with v. 2.3.0 :-/
It was not after receiving a sentence with an aniGIF in it, although there had been some in previous sentences (and thus, aniGIFs were present in the chat window).

[Roman Polach (rpolach)]

Only note: Although bug #93868 is marked as fixed (because upstream marked as fixed),
there is an reopen request in that upstream bug...

[Roman Polach (rpolach)]

Because this problem is still present even in 2.3.0 (from GetDeb) and http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/938 is marked as fixed
I have filled new upstream ticket related to newer versions of Pidgin: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4419

Probably upstream bug reference should point to this instead of 938

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

You're right, thanks for your great work on this.

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

I confirm this bug for 2.2.1 Pidgin version. 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4

[Roman Polach (rpolach)]

Upstream 938 was reopen. 4419 marked as dupe.

[Michal Dubiel (majkijin-deactivatedaccount)]

The same problem with 2.4.1 (ubuntu version 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1)

[Michal Dubiel (majkijin-deactivatedaccount)]

The 2.5.5 version that comes with ubuntu 9.04 seems to not suffer from this issue anymore. I've been using it for a while and I can't see this problem.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

let's hope

[JirkaF (jiri-frgal)]

I am using Pidgin 2.5.6 on my PC at home (Vista) and at my job (WindowsXP) and I have that problem on both of that still. :(

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
can someone tell if this problem still affecting again ?
Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!