[ubuntu-za] Launcher icons

[Tim Johnson]

On 01/05/2012 22:00, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 21:16, Jan Greeff wrote:
>> No, Bruce. I also had the "missing icon" bug in 11.10 but this is not 
>> a missing icon, it's an icon with a question mark on it.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> On 01/05/2012 21:00, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>>> On 01/05/2012 20:29, juank at vodamail.co.za wrote:
>>>> Mine is fine too. I ran beta and just updated.
>>>>
>>>> Juan
>>>>
>>>> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
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>>>> *From: * Wikus <wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com>
>>>> *Sender: * ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>> *Date: *Tue, 01 May 2012 20:25:11 +0200
>>>> *To: *<ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> *ReplyTo: * Ubuntu South African Local Community 
>>>> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [ubuntu-za] Launcher icons
>>>>
>>>> That is strange , my icons for Libre Office shows correctly in the
>>>> launcher. No problem at my side.
>>>>
>>>> - Wikus
>>>>
>>>> On 01/05/2012 20:16, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> > Thanks Robin, so I'm not alone. Strange this, because they showed in
>>>> > version 11.10.
>>>> >
>>>> > Jan
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 01/05/2012 18:59, Robin Bownes wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 01/05/2012 18:14, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> >>> The launcher in my 12.04 does not show the icons for Libre Office
>>>> >>> documents or Virtualbox, only a blank icon with a question mark,
>>>> >>> making it impossible to see what applications are open where at a
>>>> >>> glance.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I ran update and upgrade, restarted, but the problem continues. 
>>>> Am I
>>>> >>> missing something here?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Jan
>>>> >>>
>>>> >> I've also noticed that certain launcher buttons, Libre Office
>>>> >> included, don't have a designated icon. I'd also love to know 
>>>> how to
>>>> >> assign an icon to them.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Robin
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>>
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>>>
>>> I had a similar problem in beta
>>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/977202), this is
>>> a known bug:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/772986
>>>
>>> It looks like its been around since 11.04.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> My apologies I missed that, lol. Have you tried:
> - Changing the theme to radiance then back to ambiance under Settings 
> > Appearance or
> - Use gnome-tweak-tool to change the Icon Theme to something else and 
> then back to Ubuntu-mono-dark or
> - Removed the icon from the launcher, launch the program, and then 
> lock it to the launcher again or
> - Reinstall the applications and perhaps the humanity icon pack with 
> sudo apt-get install <package> --reinstall
>
> You can also try see if the Desktop Entry has a proper Icon value set 
> under /usr/share/applications/ (ls libre*).
>
> I hope that helps a bit :)
> -- 
> All the best,
>
> Bruce
>
> FSF Member 10674 / The FSF is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom / Join the Free Software Foundation:http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=10674
> Another tweak which wont solve this problem, but will integrate 
> LibreOffice into the Global menu and enable HUD with it is to install 
> lo-menubar by
|sudo apt-get install lo-menubar  <apt://lo-menubar>|



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