This bug is indeed trivial to reproduce and is caused by this upstream change:
2005-02-13 Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * gnus.el (gnus-group-startup-message): Search for gnus images in etc/images/gnus. * mm-util.el (mm-find-charset-region): Likewise. * smiley.el (smiley-data-directory): Search for smilies in etc/images/smilies. The Debian package of Gnus installs images in /usr/share/pixmaps where Gnus won't find it, since it uses `nnheader-find-etc-directory': ELISP> (nnheader-find-etc-directory "images/gnus") nil ELISP> -- ,''`. : :' : Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `. `' http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/ `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]