Turns out that this problem is the result of a corrupted .desktop file, as described here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396439 As pointed out in the bug report, there is no easy way of finding out which of the files is corrupted. I was able to do so by looking at the /usr/share/applications directory and subdirectories with nautilus. I noticed one of the screensaver .desktop files wasn't using the "binary" icon that all the others were, so I backed it up, moved it, and re-ran aptitude. This time, I had no errors. In order to recreate an uncorrupted .desktop file, I ran: Code: sudo aptitude reinstall gnome-screensaver screensaver-default-images xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl ... and refreshed nautilus. And there it was, with the proper icon. I am not sure if the icon thing is a generalizable means of detecting corrupted .desktop files, or not, however. -- X-chm + uninstall causes mime-type problems https://launchpad.net/bugs/78592 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
