<solved> KDE Applications have no icons/symbols in Cinnamon

[rafi]

Hi,

I'm running a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 2.4.5 64-bit on a system and installed also e.g. okular, kate and kdenlive. None of these applications show any symbols or icons in the tool bars or in the various vertical menus on the left side. Text displays just fine. All the rest of cinnamon and other applications work fine as far as I can tell. Since all affected programs are KDE-applications I figured that's not related to them specifically but to KDE applications in general.

Hence: How do I get KDE applications to display icons in their toolbars under Linux Mint with Cinnamon?

Just to make this a bit more confusing or fun to discuss I'm running with a high 3200x1800 resolution in case that might have anything to do with it? Though icons are a no-show at normal resolutions too.

Thanks!

And a bugfree 2015...
rafi

[richyrich]

Please read the part about issues with KDE apps in Cinnamon . .

Release Notes for Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon

[rafi]

Thanks richyrich, I hadn't known about that:

Issues with KDE apps
If you're experiencing issues with KDE apps (Okular, Gwenview, KStars..etc) run the following command:
apt install kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
Note: These issues do not affect the KDE edition. A regression in KDE 4.14 prevents these applications from working fine out of the box outside of KDE.

Unfortunately though, these three packages are already installed on my system, so that's not it...

Cheers,
rafi

[aeldar]

You should install oxygen icon pack

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sudo apt-get install oxygen-icon-theme*

[rafi]

Fantastic, thank you aeldar, that did the trick!
Solved.

[valhalla_dweller]

Thanks @aeidar !

I ran

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apt install kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins

but that did not solve it.

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sudo apt-get install oxygen-icon-theme*

did.

Was really a problem - I used Umbrello to draw the classes of a class diagram. Although the words for the associations etc were visible at the top of the screen, you could not click on them.

Now, thankfully you can, add associations. I get nervous running these kinds of commands in Linux Mint that incorporate elements from other desktops eg KDE, Gnome, that something might get broken, but so far all seems okay. Did not require a system restart, only a restart of Umbrello.

[GuyLeclair]

Hi all,

I'm glad for those who solved the issue by installing package oxygen-icon-theme, but the fact is it still doesn't work here...

Here is my situation: the issue is present (with Kate, Gwenview...) since I did a fresh install of Mint 18.1 Cinnamon (*). Then I upgraded to 18.2 (no improvement) and recently to 18.3 (still the same issue).

I've checked which packages are already installed on my machine:

adwaita-icon-theme/sylvia,sylvia,now 3.18.0-2ubuntu3mint2 all [installé]
adwaita-icon-theme-full/sylvia,sylvia,now 3.18.0-2ubuntu3mint2 all [installé]
breeze-icon-theme/xenial,now 4:5.18.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installé, automatique]
gnome-icon-theme/xenial,xenial,now 3.12.0-1ubuntu3 all [installé]
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/xenial,xenial,now 3.12.0-1 all [installé]
hicolor-icon-theme/xenial,xenial,now 0.15-0ubuntu1 all [installé]
oxygen-icon-theme/xenial,xenial,now 5:5.18.0-0ubuntu1 all [installé, automatique]
oxygen5-icon-theme/xenial,xenial,now 5.18.0-0ubuntu1 all [installé, automatique]

kdelibs-bin/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.2 amd64 [installé]
kdelibs5-data/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,now 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.2 all [installé]
kdelibs5-plugins/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.2 amd64 [installé]

All required packages are present...

(*) The funny thing is that I do not face this issue on my other machine (fresh install of Mint 18.2 Cinnamon - not upgraded to 18.3 yet).

Who is responsible for troubleshooting this issue? Mint or KDE team?...

[phd21]

Hi "GuyLeclair",

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

Try installing "kde-runtime" and see if that helps...

[CCC999]

On 8.2 ... what worked for me: delete '/home/myusername/.config/kdenliverc' and just restart Kdenlive. It will show the first run welcome screens, but retain your current settings. Found this on an older post.

PS - you may need to try different themes and styles (Settings menu) to view all dialogs correctly.

[Moem]

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