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I am a new Ubuntu user having a problem with my Ubuntu 14.04 panel icons not properly displaying. Before this happened I had a problem to boot a system - it took years to display anything after the login screen. The missing icons are for the network, locale, Thunderbird, power, sound, and system.

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If this is a duplicate of another question then sorry I couldn't find the right link, hope you to share a link.

Ian
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Karol
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  • Are you using Ubuntu 14.04 you downloaded directly from ubuntu.com? Or are you using a derivative like Ubuntu MATE? – Ian May 04 '16 at 19:06
  • I downloaded system installator from ubuntu.com. BTW thanks for question edit :) – Karol May 04 '16 at 19:12
  • Have you recently removed any software? And it was no problem. – Ian May 04 '16 at 19:20
  • A week or earlier I might have reinstalled something. The problem appeared last night. – Karol May 04 '16 at 19:31
  • I would say try updating the system via the command line with sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade and see if it gives you any errors. – Ian May 04 '16 at 19:43
  • Except for my usual Steam vs Wine collision all the system is OK and up to date. – Karol May 04 '16 at 19:56
  • unity --reset-icons displayed icons in the login screen but it happened only there. And I have to reorder panel icons now ;) – Karol May 04 '16 at 20:02

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  1. Hold Alt while right-mouse clicking on the panel.
  2. select Add to Panel
  3. Add indicator Applet Complete
  4. Finish
Mohd Ashmil
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It is possible something happened to damage or remove the icons that Unity is trying to reload. So you may want to try reinstalling the Ubuntu desktop environment as described here:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install unity

This may be slightly overkill for just some missing icons but it may fix your problem.

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Ian
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  • I found some easy way to deal with it temporarily. Changed icons with Unity Tweak Tool. It seems that I have problem with Ubuntu-mono-light icons only. How do I reinstall them? – Karol May 04 '16 at 20:13
  • reinstalling meta package won't pull any other packages – Anwar Apr 01 '17 at 08:14