Missing icons with Xfce on Ubuntu 18.04.2

plaidshirtakos · 06-20-2019, 08:10 AM

I use Ubuntu with VNC connection from Windows. I see most of the icons as follows:

http://prntscr.com/o4dtw0

System information:

Code:

    Linux vps568 4.15.0-52-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 4 22:49:08 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output of xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv command:

Code:

    /Gtk/ButtonImages               true
    /Gtk/CanChangeAccels            false
    /Gtk/ColorPalette               black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:geen:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10gray30:gray75:gray90
    /Gtk/CursorThemeName
    /Gtk/CursorThemeSize            0
    /Gtk/DecorationLayout           menu:minimize,maximize,close
    /Gtk/FontName                   Sans 10
    /Gtk/IconSizes
    /Gtk/KeyThemeName
    /Gtk/MenuBarAccel               F10
    /Gtk/MenuImages                 true
    /Gtk/MonospaceFontName          Monospace 10
    /Gtk/ToolbarIconSize            3
    /Gtk/ToolbarStyle               icons
    /Net/CursorBlink                true
    /Net/CursorBlinkTime            1200
    /Net/DndDragThreshold           8
    /Net/DoubleClickDistance        5
    /Net/DoubleClickTime            400
    /Net/EnableEventSounds          false
    /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds  false
    /Net/IconThemeName              elementary-xfce-dark
    /Net/SoundThemeName             default
    /Net/ThemeName                  Greybird
    /Xft/Antialias                  -1
    /Xft/Hinting                    -1
    /Xft/HintStyle                  hintnone
    /Xft/RGBA                       none

I already tried this command too, but hasn't any visible changes:

Code:

xfdesktop --replace

greencedar · 06-20-2019, 06:01 PM

As a suggestion, you may want to go to this Ubuntu panel bug discussion and see if it is applicable to your situation:

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/syst...el-18-04/16870

Terry Coats · 06-29-2019, 12:56 PM

I was using Xfce on one of my linuxfromscratch systems and
grew to hate it because of this bug. I don't know an official
solution but I discovered that I had to add the full path to
the icon manually by editing the application's .desktop file
in /usr/share/applications. The icons should be found in subfolders
of /usr/share/icons or /usr/share/pixmaps. If you have the
"locate" program on your system you can use it to find the icon.
As an example

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Qt5 Designer
GenericName=Interface Designer
Comment=Design GUIs for Qt5 applications
Exec=/bin/designer
Icon=designer-qt5.png
MimeType=application/x-designer;
Terminal=false
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Categories=Qt;Development;

would become

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Qt5 Designer
GenericName=Interface Designer
Comment=Design GUIs for Qt5 applications
Exec=/bin/designer
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/designer-qt5.png
MimeType=application/x-designer;
Terminal=false
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Categories=Qt;Development;

I don't know if this is helpful and I know it's
tedious to do this for all the icons but it's
the only solution I found.

isopodz · 04-28-2020, 08:16 AM

I'm not using Xfce but am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I suspect this is a generic problem with recent updates. Something similar to the Mate Tweak or Gnome Tweak might exist in Xfce.

I just had all of my icons go missing and hadn't found a solution in multiple searches. One post suggested that Gnome Tweak had a solution. I opened Mate Tweak Panel menu, changing the layout to "tradtional", at which time it warns about losing my current setup. This causes ALL icons to disappear. Then switch back to "Familiar" and everything that was missing (network status, dropbox, nightshade, sound control) came back. I assume doing this reset the menu bars back to default setup, at which time it picked up all icons that were installed. Probably a command line way to do this exists that would be relevant to all flavors of 18.04.