On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > Stan Sanderson wrote: >> >> On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >>> Stan Sanderson wrote: >>>> I first asked about this in Nov 2007, but it didn't generate a >>>> response. >>>> >>>> OS 10.4.11, Intel iMac, Latest Fink unstable tree activated, all >>>> updates current, using Gnome desktop. >>>> >>>> Note that everything appears to be working except that the desktop >>>> icons have all reverted to generic document icons with a small red >>>> "x" in the middle. >>>> >>>> The "Applications" menu does not work, but that is how it >>>> behaves on >>>> a PPC Mac and (I believe) is expected. The "Actions" menu allows me >>>> to open a "Run Application" window, which opens showing a generic >>>> document icon as described above. The icons for "Help" (lifesaver >>>> ring) and "Cancel" (script "x") do appear. >>>> >>>> I believe, but do not recall for sure, that this happened when I >>>> removed an installation of wine. I might have issued a "fink purge >>>> wine" command. >>>> >>>> I have tried rebuilding everything related which I can think of >>>> with >>>> no success. I have since reinstalled wine and have successfully >>>> used >>>> it to run Windows applications. >>>> >>>> As mentioned above, the problem is superficially aesthetic, since >>>> everything else appears to work. I am concerned, however, that the >>>> loss of icons might indicate other problems yet hidden. In the >>>> interest of learning, I'm hoping someone could point me to the >>>> missing link (no pun intended!) and how to restore the icons. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Stan >>>> >>>> >>> What if you reinstall wine? I don't think it _should_ have >>> clobbered >>> your GNOME icons (such as they are) but I don't have a way to verify >>> this. >> >> Thanks Alexander, but to quote, >>>> I have since reinstalled wine and have successfully used >>>> it to run Windows applications. >>>> >> >> It's more of an annoyance than a problem (at least up to now). >> >> Stan >> >> > > Ah, was a bit distracted there. :-) > > The icon disappearance scenario is more complicated. Removing wine > appears not to have been the direct culprit, unless there's a removal > command in its postremove phase that's more aggressive than is > warranted > and it thereby clobbered your icons. > > I don't recall which package is supposed to provide the icons-- > possibly > it's gnome-desktop. It may be as simple as just reinstalling that.
If only. I've reinstalled quite a few of the packages which I thought most likely (including gnome-desktop) with no success. Oh, well... Regards, Stan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
