LMDE UP7: Missing "genuine" Firefox icon

[taytong888]

Hello,

I noticed that LM16 Cinnamon Edition has the genuine or original Firefox icon (filename: mozicon128.png) in the Menu. However, in LMDE UP7 it's not present, other than a label called "Firefox Web Browser". It's strange that Mozilla Thunderbird below it does have the Mozilla TB icon. I also noted the taskbar has a purple "diamond" to represent the original Firefox icon.

I am still having a hard time copying the original FF icon file "mozicon128.png" from another partition which has SolydK, into LMDE UP7 /opt/firefox/icons folder. This folder only has one file called "updater.png".

Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for your help.

[GeneBenson]

Hi taytong888,

The "mozicon128.png" file was moved some time ago (by Mozilla) to: /opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
If you put it there you may also have to edit (as Root) /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop and change the line:

Icon=firefox
to
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png

Hope this helps.

[taytong888]

Hello GeneBenson,

It doesn't work. Must be something to do with user interface design within LMDE. The Launcher Properties window in LM 16 does have a Firefox logo or icon.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway.

[kurotsugi]

mint team have modified several parts on their firefox. you can use solydxk's firefox instead to get the non modified one. first of all you'll need to add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list

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deb http://packages.solydxk.com/production/ solydxk main upstream import
deb http://community.solydxk.com/production/ solydxk main

after that, run

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sudo apt-get update && sudo aptitude reinstall -t o=solydxk firefox 

depends on your repo configuration it might better to edit /etc/apt/preferences and give solydxk's repo higher pin priority than LMDE.

[taytong888]

Hello kurotsugi,

Here's what I currently have in /etc/apt/preferences:

Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 500

Is 700 the highest pin-priority available? Which value should I assign to the SolydK packages? Can you give an example of how this file would look like containing both SolydK and LMDE packages?

Thanks a lot for your help.

[kurotsugi]

you'll need to very carefull with it. it might broke your system. the value is between 0 to 999. here's an example

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Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 400

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 400

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 600

# added by kats
Package:*
Pin: release 0=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 200

Package: *
Pin: origin www.deb-multimedia.org
Pin-priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: origin ppa.launchpad.net
Pin-priority: 400

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.solydxk.com
Pin-Priority: 500

you need to give solydxk higher value than linuxmint. any value will work.