Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
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Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Anyone else?
Completely re-installed Solaris 11, re-loaded virtualbox - no Icon on the Applications, System Tools, App Menu, nor when I make a launcher panel or desktop shortcut.
Am I missing something simple?
Program is listed, just no icon...
I get an "X" box graphic on the panel.
Completely re-installed Solaris 11, re-loaded virtualbox - no Icon on the Applications, System Tools, App Menu, nor when I make a launcher panel or desktop shortcut.
Am I missing something simple?
Program is listed, just no icon...
I get an "X" box graphic on the panel.
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Me too, but I never really thought about it...
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Same - been quite a few versions - possibly started with the 4.x line - but may have been in the 3.x line when it disappeared...
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
From what I gather, the menu item is located in /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop which has the line:
Icon=virtualbox
So gnome looks for an image file virtualbox.* but never finds one. Luckily, there is a similar file called virtualbox-vbox.png which is kind of close. Just change that line to read:
Icon=virtualbox-vbox
And everything magically works. I know it is the wrong icon and it will likely get stomped on an upgrade, but it works for now.
I wonder if Linux has this same problem?
Icon=virtualbox
So gnome looks for an image file virtualbox.* but never finds one. Luckily, there is a similar file called virtualbox-vbox.png which is kind of close. Just change that line to read:
Icon=virtualbox-vbox
And everything magically works. I know it is the wrong icon and it will likely get stomped on an upgrade, but it works for now.
I wonder if Linux has this same problem?
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Linux did for a while. Turned out that a mime type error. Not sure where you set that on Solaris as I don't use it enough to be enlightened.
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Got it.
Your post about an older version had me disassemble a 3.1.0 package via pkgtrans. The older file has:
Icon=VBox.png
Indeed, there is such a file at /usr/share/pixmaps/VBox.png. just change /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop to have the Icon=VBox.png and all is well.
Wonder why they changed that...
Your post about an older version had me disassemble a 3.1.0 package via pkgtrans. The older file has:
Icon=VBox.png
Indeed, there is such a file at /usr/share/pixmaps/VBox.png. just change /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop to have the Icon=VBox.png and all is well.
Wonder why they changed that...
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
We added mime-type support sometime earlier probably this change is a result of that, will fix it.
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Very cool. Thanks.Ramshankar wrote:We added mime-type support sometime earlier probably this change is a result of that, will fix it.
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
That did the trick of course...
Thanks
Been a nuisance, but was initially reluctant to bring it up as there are always more important things..
Thanks
Been a nuisance, but was initially reluctant to bring it up as there are always more important things..
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Fix didn't make it into 4.1.18 - perhaps 4.1.20
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
For us, even a redundant empty line/space/tab in the source code which has no functional effect is something that can be corrected. So real, functional problems, no matter how tiny, we would definitely like to hear about it.Guyver wrote:Been a nuisance, but was initially reluctant to bring it up as there are always more important things..
I haven't looked into this fix yet, was occupied with some other tasks, will look into this on Monday/Tuesday for sure.
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Committed to 4.1.x, so yes should be available in the next 4.1.x release. Thanks for the report.Guyver wrote:Fix didn't make it into 4.1.18 - perhaps 4.1.20
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
Thank you for the quick fix and integration.
Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
This is still happening for me on OpenSuse 12.3, Virtualbox version 4.2.6_OSE r82870
Completely fresh install.
I tried changing the config file /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop to say:
Icon=virtualbox-vbox
AND
Icon=VBox.png
But neither worked. I tried restarting KDE. Any thoughts? It's been happening for awhile. Usually I add it to the panel, then set the icon again (right click "icon settings" then click the blank image, find the virtualbox icon and add it), however after I click down on the accept button (without releasing), the icon disappears from the window again. When clicking on the blank image, I see the icon flash then disappear. What the heck?
I've just updated the icon to point to the VBoxgtk icon, which works fine, suggesting the issue lies with the icon itself. Posted a bug ticket number 11691. (would post a link but I can't since I'm a new member)
Thanks
Dgm
Completely fresh install.
I tried changing the config file /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop to say:
Icon=virtualbox-vbox
AND
Icon=VBox.png
But neither worked. I tried restarting KDE. Any thoughts? It's been happening for awhile. Usually I add it to the panel, then set the icon again (right click "icon settings" then click the blank image, find the virtualbox icon and add it), however after I click down on the accept button (without releasing), the icon disappears from the window again. When clicking on the blank image, I see the icon flash then disappear. What the heck?
I've just updated the icon to point to the VBoxgtk icon, which works fine, suggesting the issue lies with the icon itself. Posted a bug ticket number 11691. (would post a link but I can't since I'm a new member)
Thanks
Dgm
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Re: Missing Icon on Menu and shortcuts...
This thread is related to Solaris hosts (which typically means only Gnome), so you're probably better off asking in the Linux section and more likely to find help.dgm123 wrote:This is still happening for me on OpenSuse 12.3, Virtualbox version 4.2.6_OSE r82870
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But neither worked. I tried restarting KDE. Any thoughts? It's been happening for awhil
Dgm
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