apt-get dist-upgrade to breezy: no firefox, no icons

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Marius Gedminas Wrote: 
> This morning I apt-get dist-upgraded to Breezy.  Everything went fine

> with the following two exceptions:

> 

> * Firefox won't start.  It displays a profile dialog, I choose a

> profile, then it just sits there doing nothing (no CPU load, no

> windows appearing).  Creating a new profile doesn't help.  Running

> with -safe-mode doesn't help.  Running an old and working version
> of

> firefox on a diffferent machine through SSH X forwarding exhibits
> the

> same symptoms.  Running the breezy version of firefox through SSH X

> forwarding to an X server on another machine works fine.  Mozilla
> 1.7

> works locally.

> 

> * Icons on the desktop disappeared -- I get the generic "sheet of

> paper" icon for all objects on the desktop.  The trashcan applet

> appeas as a sheet of paper with a big red X.  Some (but not all)

> icons in the menu are not available -- System -> Preferences ->

> Mouse, for example.  Cursors, Keyboard, Windows, Removable Media,
> and

> Encryption items are all iconless, the rest are fine.  Places menu

> has no icons except for the last three (Connect to Server, Find
> File,

> Recent Files)

> 

> Marius Gedminas

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For icons got to the themes and change icon theme. Try killing Fireox.
In terminal killall firefox-bin or killal firefox


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christooss