emoticons doesnt work on beta 2. why?

According to your topic title, you are running WP v2.0-beta2. If that is true, please upgrade to the final release of WP v2.0.

The answer is that the location of the files has moved.

In version 2.0 these are in the /wp-includes/images/smilies directory.

In version 1.5.2 they were in /wp-images/smilies directory.

So some editing is needed:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/50126?replies=7

oppsss sory im already using wp2.0

ok ill do some editing thank you!

I’m having this same problem. The names of the emoticons appear (using wp_grins) but the picture of the emoticon does not until the comment is saved or post is saved.