Re: [Bug 170291] New: GNOME cannot find kile icon

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Michael Schwendt wrote:

> > This problem can be solved by deleting /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
> > and executing "gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor". Without the
> > deletion gtk-update-icon-cache doesn't update the cache file.

> Since I think this has come up a few times occasionally, to me it still
> sounds like GNOME brokeness. What kind of icon caching concept is
> this? If the cache file gets out-of-date and an icon is not found within
> the cache, the desktop system doesn't search the file system? Huh? Or
> maybe this is configurable in some place? Why should a KDE application
> maintain a GTK icon theme cache file?  

Amen.
"gtk-update-icon-cache automatic"
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/170335

-- Rex