Bug#404844: gnome-core: can't install nonstandard icon in gnome-panel custom application launcher

[David J. Raymond]

Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:2.14.3.3
Severity: normal


I install my own version of lyx rather than debian's version.  To get
it on my gnome-panel toolbar, I therefore have to create a custom
application launcher for it.  Rather than use one of the standard
icons presented by the launcher creation tool, I click "browse" and
then go to the directory in /usr/local/share/lyx/images where various
lyx icons are stored.  When I do this, all of the choices of icons in
the menu are "grayed out", and I cannot select any one of them.  In
this particular case the icons in question have .ppm and .xpm formats.

A workaround is to not use the file browser and just type in the path
to the icon in question.  This works fine.

The problem isn't isolated to lyx -- similar behavior occurs with a
non-debian version of open office.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  bug-buddy                     2.14.0-1   GNOME Desktop Environment bug repo
ii  eog                           2.16.2-1   Eye of Gnome graphics viewer progr
ii  gedit                         2.14.4-4   official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-applets                 2.14.3-3   Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.14.2-6 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.14.2-2   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus                   2.16.0-2   an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel                   2.14.3-3   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-session                 2.14.3-3   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal                2.14.2-1   The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  metacity                      1:2.14.5-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.14.3-6   file manager and graphical shell f
ii  scrollkeeper                  0.3.14-11  A free electronic cataloging syste
ii  yelp                          2.14.3-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

gnome-core recommends no packages.

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