Version: 0.12.3 (using KDE 3.5.5, Gentoo) Compiler: gcc version 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.18-ck1 When starting Kopete or when the Jabber plugin reconnects to the server (eg. after network outage or computer woke up from Software Suspend), i get an annoying "Downloading of Jabber contact photo failed!" error dialog from one of my contacts. The same error appears after right-clicking this contact and selecting User info. As this error messages is quite useless (ok, the photo is not there, but anyway nothing can be done to repair this) and very annoying in my situation, I'd like to see this error dialog removed from kopete. Other than that, it would be nice to have an option to disable contact photos altogether (eg. 'Do not fetch and display contact photos' in jabber plugin settings)
Can't confirm that on KDE 4.1 RC1.
I can't reproduce with KDE 4.0.99 but I can confirm that the error message still exists in the source code and it can happen if the contact's avatar is broken. - in kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/jabber/jabberbasecontact.cpp:639: // Downalod photo from URI. if( !KIO::NetAccess::download( vCard.photoURI(), tempPhotoPath, 0) ) { KMessageBox::queuedMessageBox( Kopete::UI::Global::mainWidget (), KMessageBox::Sorry, i18n( "Downloading of Jabber contact photo failed!" ) ); return; } This is a wishlist item probably... maybe kopete could just output that message in stderr.
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained. Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.