On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 15:12 -0600, Peter B. Steiger wrote: > To ensure that I always have a working platform while I try out an > upgrade, I install each new system to a prefix numbered for that version > - /usr/gnome2.10, /usr/X11R6, etc. Then I can install the upgrade > to /usr/gnome2.14, /usr/X11R7.1, whatever and not lose the working files > while I experiment with the new toys. I can switch back and forth > simply by relinking /usr/gnome to /usr/gnome2.10 or /usr/gnome2.14 as > needed. I'm sure most of y'all do the same thing. > > Anyway, I was installing the latest gnome stuff this weekend and I kept > building, installing, realizing I forgot to include some configura > options, uninstalling, and rebuilding... and at some point I realized I > had forgotten to relink /usr/gnome from 2.10 to 2.14. The result was I > had mistakenly uninstalled half a dozen gnome 2.10 libraries from what > was supposed to be my "safe" working copy of gnome. > > I managed to dig up the older source files and rebuild what was missing, > but now for some reason some - but not all - icons are missing from > Evolution 2.4.0. Specifically anything related to an attachment just > shows as a little gray rectangle with a red "X" in the middle of it. > Also the folder icon itself that should appear next to the name of each > folder appears as that same gray rectangle. > > Since I don't know the name of the icon I don't know what file(s) to > look for and therefore which package is still incomplete. I'm afraid to > rebuild the whole thing from scratch because if I do anything the > slightest bit differently, I could further ruin the functionality I do > have. I guess I could back up the whole /usr/gnome2.10 tree, but it > would be so much easier if somebody here could do my thinking for me and > happens to know what package can provide those missing icons without > rebuilding the whole universe. > > pbs, belatedly realizing I forgot to make a tarball of the whole > gnome2.10 tree once I got it working in February > > -- > Peter B. Steiger > Cheyenne, WY > Hi, this is a trap I also steped in (a looong while ago) this has something to do with not finding the icons check you environment for $XDG_DATA_DIRS and $XDG_DATA_HOME just add your new icon path to them something like export XDG_DATA_HOME=$XDG_DATA_HOME:/usr/gnome-2.14.2/share export XDG_DATA_DIR=$XDG_DATA_DIR:/usr/gnome-2.14.2/share or wherever you installed your gnone-icon-theme-2.14.2
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