XFCE icons problem

chicken76 · 10-24-2014, 08:02 AM

I have recently upgraded one of my systems from 13.37 to 14.0 and the XFCE icons on the taskbar (or whatever it's called) seem to be missing.

Here's what it looks like for a user where I chose to keep the old layout:
http://i.imgur.com/j9Gm7xE.png

And here's what it looks like for a user where I chose to switch to the new layout:
http://i.imgur.com/bFrlb9D.png

The buttons work, but their look is annoying.
I've used Slackware for many years, but only seldom with the graphical interface. Must have done something wrong, what do you guys think?

moisespedro · 10-24-2014, 08:36 AM

What happens if you try to set a different icons set? Did you try on a new user?

hendrickxm · 10-24-2014, 09:28 AM

I never had that problem in slackware but recently I am also running crux and I solved the problem by installing tango-icon-theme. Probably any supported theme with icons will do like gnome-standard-theme or adwaita. You will need to select the icons theme in the appearance setting.

Paulo2 · 10-24-2014, 10:33 AM

I don't know if this is the same case, but I remember when I upgraded from 13.37 to 14.0
(or 14.0 to 14.1) Xfce overwrote my settings.
I lost some configurations in taskbar like clock and icons places, size of spacer, etc.
My solution at that time was re-configuring all

it was really frustrating.
I'm using mlpa's Xfce packages now, and this time I didn't have any problem.

Ilgar · 10-24-2014, 01:38 PM

I once had a similar issue caused by the install script of a custom package:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...em-4175492390/

Alien Bob · 10-24-2014, 02:09 PM

Would this help you? http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/icon...r-in-xfce-460/

Eric

kikinovak · 10-24-2014, 02:20 PM

Just switch to Tango, shipping with Slackware. As an alternative, you can install Gnome Brave or Faenza from SlackBuilds.org. Here's what you get with the first:

http://www.microlinux.fr/images/desk...reau_light.png

Cheers,

Niki

chicken76 · 10-25-2014, 03:39 AM

Thanks AlienBob and Kikinovak for your suggestions. I followed your instructions, but things still look the same:
http://i.imgur.com/wyzNWED.jpg

AlienBob, your first step should have a "/" in front of usr/share/icons/hicolor, otherwise it says "No theme index file."

On the second step, how do I "apply" the selection in the Appearance section of the XFCE Settings Manager?
http://i.imgur.com/qsbzQhR.jpg
Double-clicking does nothing. Nothing happens, whatever theme I select.

STDOUBT · 10-25-2014, 02:44 PM

chicken76,
Just selecting the theme and closing the window is all it should take.
Make sure your icons are in /home/chicken76/.icons
and your themes are in /home/chicken76/.themes

So glad I don't have to mess with that stuff anymore...tiling WM FTW B-)

chicken76 · 10-27-2014, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STDOUBT

Just selecting the theme and closing the window is all it should take.

That's the thing, I can click on any option and nothing happens.