Unable to view names on groups from http://groups.im/

Bug #319358 reported by Cavalero
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pidgin (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Nominated for Jaunty by TcQi

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

When i "talk" to a group from http://groups.im/ i can't view the name of the person who wrote. And also e can't view the list of people online/offline. Thank you

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
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Cavalero (samuelalmeida) wrote :
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yohom (yohimbine) wrote :

I also experience this problem.

The following is not a fix....but if you really need to use groups.im, i have found that aMSN works fine with it, and you can view the name of sender on each line of chat.

to install, type the following in a terminal window.

sudo apt-get install aMSN

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Do you get the same with Lucid or Maverick? Thanks in advance.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

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!.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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