Re: [libreoffice-users] Libreoffice, task manager bar and the running application icon

Hi Girvin

Thanks for the reply. I too use Slackware.

I've only got the /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache script on my 
system. Do I need to reboot the machine for the change to take effect?

Alex

On 10/10/2019 19:20, Girvin Herr wrote:
> Alex,
>
> I am assuming you are using a Linux distro, since you mention kde and 
> xfce. I am using Slackware Linux and xfce. I would first try running 
> the following script as root to refresh the icon cache before you get 
> too deep:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # Cache the icons:
> if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ];  then
>   for THEME in gnome locolor hicolor ; do
>     if [ -e /usr/share/icons/${THEME}/icon-theme.cache ];  then
>       /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache  /usr/share/icons/${THEME} 
> >/dev/null 2>&1
>     fi
>   done
> fi
>
> #
> # Update the desktop database:
> if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ];  then
>   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database  -q  /usr/share/applications
> fi
>
> #
> # Update the mime database:
> if [ -x /usr/bin/update-mime-database ];  then
>   /usr/bin/update-mime-database  /usr/share/mime  >/dev/null 2>&1
> fi
>
>
> It won't hurt to refresh the desktop and mime databases also, as shown 
> in the script. Historically when I suggested this to other users with 
> icon problems, running this script cured their problems. I run this as 
> part of my installation script when the LibreOffice package is 
> installed, thus updating the databases at install time.
>
> FYI, the icons are defined in the .desktop files for each of the 
> LibreOffice apps in:
>
> /opt/libreoffice5.3/share/xdg/*.desktop
>
> Look for the "Icon=" entry in the desktop file. Additionally, you may 
> have defined additional desktop files in ~/Desktop . This directory is 
> where the desktop shortcuts may have been copied/placed by you to your 
> desktop.
>
> And the icon files are in:
>
> /usr/share/icons
>
> Note that libreoffice5.3 is the version I happen to be using. 
> Substitute your version as needed. Note also that these are for my 
> Slackware system. Your distro may place them elsewhere, but it should 
> be similar.
>
> HTH.
>
> Girvin
>
>
> On 10/10/19 2:49 AM, mcmurchy1917techy wrote:
> > I've got a problem that's bugging me.
> >
> > The initial problem was that if I started calc, it started as 
> > expected except that in the task manager bar, which displays the 
> > running applications, I see an icon with a X and a circle through it, 
> > I suspect this icon is the default icon for running applications, the 
> > icon I'm expecting in the task manager bar is the calc icon. The Base 
> > and Impress icons displayed as expected.
> >
> > The icon for writer displayed perfectly.
> >
> > It bugged me so much yesterday that I decided to temporarily change 
> > from kde4 to xcfe. I started up Calc and got what I suspect was the 
> > default icon not the calc icon. Started writer got the default icon 
> > not the writer icon.
> >
> > Returned to kde4.
> >
> > This time. Started up Calc andgot the icon with a X and a circle 
> > through it not the calc icon - same as before. Started up Writer 
> > andgot the icon with a X and a circle through it not the writer icon, 
> > whereas previously I would have got the writer icon. The same was 
> > seen with the Base and Impress icons which were displayed as the X 
> > and a circle through it.
> >
> > By switching from kde4 to xfce and then back again, I've made matters 
> > worse.
> >
> > My question is where does the desk top environments get these icons 
> > from? How can I get the calc and writer icons displaying in the task 
> > manager bar
> >
> > Alex

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