Squeeze: Gnome icons missing

Hi all! Recently I've installed Debian Squeeze with Gnome on a new laptop. Unfortunately I'm missing some of the icons. Namely missing are those under the System menu and all of those in the right-click menus. I've got all the basic Gnome icons installed which I've checked with the packages

Re: Squeeze: Gnome icons missing

I turn them on by running gconf2 or the configuration editor and navigating to Desktop - Gnome - Interface and checking buttons_have_icons and menus_have_icons. I don't quite see how this is done. I looked into the Gnome manual and it says something about turning the icons on. The thing is it

Re: Squeeze: Gnome icons missing

I turn them on by running gconf2 or the configuration editor and navigating to Desktop - Gnome - Interface and checking buttons_have_icons and menus_have_icons. I don't quite see how it's done. I looked into the Gnome online manual and it says something about turning the icons on under

Re: Squeeze: Gnome icons missing

Your Gnome is probably not the same version number as the online manual refers to. Gnome changes all the time. This might be so. But then again my local manual (help stuff) says exactly the same thing. And still I don't know how to set those icons. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Squeeze: Gnome icons missing

I have know desktop but I think where you need to be is Gnome Menu System Tools (not System) Configuration Editor desktop gnome interface buttons_have_icons | menus_have_icons . If configuration editor isn't there, install gconf2. Finally I managed to get it to work. But strangely