Also can you state what icon theme you are using. To find this out go to the menu select prefrences and customize look and feel. If it says lubuntu which is the default icon theme for lubuntu then lxde icon theme is not the the right package.
If it says nuovext2.0 then lxde-icon-theme will be the correct pacakge. I just installed lxde-icon-theme which is an updated version of nuovext2.0 and it does look like python files. In the window that shows your icon theme if you change it does this problem go away. For me in utopic and the default lubuntu icon theme it changes to a python logo. ** Changed in: lxde-icon-theme (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shared-mime-info in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1216788 Title: Files previously shown with a gear icon (like #!/usr/bin/python) are now shown as text files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxde-icon-theme/+bug/1216788/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs