Public bug reported:
This bug affects all icon themes, and desktops (AFAIK)
So I decided posting it here would get the attention it needs.
The problem stems from packages that are orphaned in Debian.
Many icons that are xpm look terrible in the Dash, and some are sized
incorrectly.
The desktop files of some are completely missing the line
Icon=*iconName*
Some have only
Icon=
Some have paths
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/*iconName*
The best solution that I have thought of (it may not be the best) is someone
working for Canonical or a member of Ubuntu can make a script to parse the
desktop files of all installed packages and check for 3 things
1. and Icon= line
2. Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps
3. Icon= with no icon name
If there is an icon, convert ${pixmaps}${iconName} -scale ${size}
${properdirectory}${iconName}.png
so there would be a proper Icon in a proper directory.
I suppose, though the rules files of all those rouge programs might need to be
fixed, or the menu-update program needs to be modified to fix this when a
program is installed.
If there is a better solution, I'd be glad to hear it.
The Lubuntu-dev team is compiling a list of all the apps in the LSC that
install this way.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Missing%20Menu%20Icons
Any advice, or feedback as how to procede to fix this for the millions of users
would be much appreciated.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-mono 13.04+14.04.20131211-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed Jan 1 17:56:58 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-31 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20131230)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-themes
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty
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xpm files look horrid
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