Cinnamon costom icons only work in super user.

NingaFishleg · 2014-01-05 16:23:10

I changed the default icons in cinnamon from gnome to Moka using the Themes section in the settings menu. However appart from a few icons flickering there seems to be no change. If I now stop x and logout then in as root and startx, all the costom icons are loaded. Why does this happen? And how can I load icons on my user account?

Last edited by NingaFishleg (2014-01-05 16:34:23)

Andy_Crowd · 2014-01-06 08:29:43

You probably need to check rights for those icons, it could prevent access for other users. Use "chmod +r" on them to allow all users read files.

NingaFishleg · 2014-01-06 19:02:02

No that did not seem to do anything also if I run programmes as root the icons load, for example if I run the command:

and icons will load inside that programme, in this case Nemo.

Last edited by NingaFishleg (2014-01-06 19:12:56)

NingaFishleg · 2014-01-06 19:05:36

I am putting the icons in /usr/share/icons

Is there a place in ~/ to put them? I noticed ~/.local/share/icons and it is relatively empty, that way I would not be having any permission issues.

Last edited by NingaFishleg (2014-01-06 19:19:04)

clfarron4 · 2014-01-06 21:47:16

Create a ~/.icons folder and slap yours in there.

NingaFishleg · 2014-01-07 16:51:26

Yup, works with ~/.icons. must have been a permissions issue

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#1 2014-01-05 16:23:10

Cinnamon costom icons only work in super user.

#2 2014-01-06 08:29:43

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#5 2014-01-06 21:47:16

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