Ubuntu – Unable to set custom icon on application launcher

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I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and having trouble setting a custom icon for an application launcher that I created. I have created and SVG file and placed it in /usr/shared/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ and when I try to select it as the icon for the application launcher, it just goes back to the gnome-panel-launcher.svg default.

If I put the SVG file on my desktop and then select it, all is well. I'm assuming this is some type of permission problem, but I cannot seem to figure it out. I have set the permissions to be identical to the other icons in /usr/shared/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/, but have no luck doing that either.

Best Answer

I think you also need to Provide PNG versions in 16x16,24x24,36x36,48x48 ect. folders. Not just scalable! Maybe you can try the ubuntu-mono-light and ubuntu-mono-dark folders :)