[Bug 71618] Selecting the wrong theme prevents GNOME from working

[Caleb]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I had a cursor theme installed in ~/.icons, and it showed up in my Icon
themes list under System>Preferences>Theme. When I clicked it, gnome-
panel crashed. I rebooted, and wasn't able to log in. I fixed it by
booting into recovery mode and deleting the cursor theme that GNOME was
trying to load as an icon theme.

GNOME should be more robust, and not break when a user accidentally
clicks a cursor theme rather than an icon theme in the icon theme
selection dialog.

** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Selecting the wrong theme prevents GNOME from working
https://launchpad.net/bugs/71618