Comment 30 for bug 626023

Looks like its a google account feature not to share your photo with everyone. You can change that behavior by following the instructions here:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=mail&answer=35529&hl=en

(step 7)

The "GnuTLS recv error" seems to be of little consequence in regards to the avatar being shown. Don't know if it affects any functionality.