I have almost the same problem. I have myself in the list of contacts on yahoo protocol. I can change my avatar and I see it. But MS Windows clients (YM) cannot see my avatar. Instead they see a black image. I tried with many types of images but same result.
-- GAIM does not use my avatar image (buddy icon) for Yahoo account/protocol https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs