This is a pidgin issue, which of course isn't in the default Ubuntu install. So thankfully it doesn't effect all Ubuntu users. It is behaving as designed in pidgin. Pidgin sets the default avatar to ~/.face if it exists and if you don't specify one when adding your account. The default avatar is then synced to gtalk if the avatar differs from what gtalk has.
Also of note, it has been this way since Feb 2007. However, until recently the ~/.face wasn't getting created at install time. So often it wasn't created before users created their pidgin accounts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066108 Title: Photo taken by the webcam as part of the account creation process repeatedly uploaded to Gmail as icon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pidgin/+bug/1066108/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
