Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu and its file manager Nautilus better by reporting this bug. The desktop is drawn by Nautilus as well, so you filed the bug against the correct package.
The fact that the default iconset isn't used after a fresh installation is strange and something that shouldn't happen. Are you sure your CD has no defects? You could check it with the option in the CD boot menu or with the use of MD5 checksums. Other possibilites are that the iconset wasn't properly installed or that your settings are malformed. You could try to remove the hidden directories '.icons', '.gconf2' (or '.gconf') from your home directory and see what happens then, but keep in mind that this would remove most of your settings. In order to check whether everything was installed correctly you could open the application 'Synaptic package manager' from the menu at the top left corner of your screen: System->Manage->Synaptic package manager. The package that should be installed is the package 'humanity-icon-theme'. In order to make sure the 'Humanity' icon theme is selected you can press the 'Customise' button in the GNOME Appearance Properties window and check the selected icon theme at the Icons tab. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Nautilus does not show the Ubuntu icon theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs