--- a/frontends/src/wix/contact_list.py	Sat Jun 18 17:56:59 2011 +0200
+++ b/frontends/src/wix/contact_list.py	Sat Jun 18 22:51:33 2011 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from logging import debug, info, error
 from cgi import escape
 from sat.tools.jid  import JID
+from os.path import join
 
 
 class Group(unicode):
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
         self.type = type
         self.__typeSwitch()
         self.groups = {}  #list contacts in each groups, key = group
+        self.empty_avatar = join(host.media_dir, 'misc/empty_avatar')
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX, self.onSelected)
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK, self.onActivated)
     
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
         #show[2]==color (or None)
         show_html = "<font color='%s'>[%s]</font>" % (show[2], show[1]) if show[2] else ""
         status = self.CM.getAttr(jid,'status') or ''
-        avatar = self.CM.getAttr(jid,'avatar') or IMAGE_DIR+'/empty_avatar' #XXX: there is a weird bug here: if the image has an extension (i.e. empty_avatar.png),
+        avatar = self.CM.getAttr(jid,'avatar') or self.empty_avatar #XXX: there is a weird bug here: if the image has an extension (i.e. empty_avatar.png),
         #WxPython segfault, and it doesn't without nothing. I couldn't reproduce the case with a basic test script, so it need further investigation before reporting it
         #to WxPython dev. Anyway, the program crash with a segfault, not a python exception, so there is definitely something wrong with WxPython.
         #The case seems to happen when SimpleHtmlListBox parse the HTML with the <img> tag