Missing icons in XFCE

[Tobbe]

I'm missing icons in xfce, see screenshot.

I was expecting the files in the file manager to have some kind of icon. Currently they are text only. I was also expecting the items in the Application Menu to have item-specific icons. Now a lot of them just show a generic icon.

Is there any way to make the missing icons appear?

[dnschneid]

Yep, go to appearance settings and select an icon theme (I recommend Tango). Never got around to figuring out why an icon theme isn't selected by default. That needs to be investigated.

[Tobbe]

Thanks, works great :) Should we keep this open as a bug, or close it as my question was answered?

[dnschneid]

Let's keep it open to track. Definitely something worth fixing.

[tedm]

are the icons actually missing, or just sized so they aren't displaying by default? I've had a few chroots (with xfce) that I needed to change desktop theme or viewing preferences before the folder or program icons became visible (on the ARM).

[dnschneid]

@tedm, it's just that no theme is enabled.

[tedm]

right, just go to applications / settings / appearance / icons and change from GNOME to one of the other 3 options, and icons show up right away.

[dnschneid]

Fixed in master for new chroots.