Re: Icon of "show desktop" panel applet not shown

[Bob Alexander <bob ngi it>]

Esben Stien wrote:
> Bob Alexander <bob ngi it> writes:
>
>
> > tried that with the other 3 icon themes but problem does not seem to
> > get fixed.
>
>
> Yup, I have exactly the same problem (gnome-panel-2.8.3). My main
> menu, the gnome foot, is just a red cross on a white paper. Also many
> other icons are like that when trying to add an applet to the
> panel. They are working perfectly, but no correct icon.
>
> I also have some weird problems with my "run" box; it's not displaying
> the field to type in the command. 

Esben,
my problem went away because of one or more of the following:

1) Changed icon theme a few times (now have one called simply GNOME)
2) Upgraded a few Gnome related packages which came up in the last sid 
apt-get upgrade run a few days ago

Good luck :)

Bob