Dropbox icon is grey

[Fanas]

My dropbox tray icon is grey, I need help making it as it's supposed to be - blue.
It's not a big problem, but it's driving me crazy.

[r-senior]

It's supposed to be grey, to match the other indicator icons.

[Fanas]

Even if it's true, it looks awful. There should be some way to change it.

[r-senior]

I don't know if this helps ...

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/d...ble-tray-icon/

Those downloads should have the old blue icons. The grey ones should be coming from /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-* but I don't really know the correct procedure for replacing them.

[AlanPorter]

This is a hack that works for me...

sudo mv /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.svg /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.svg-DISABLED
sudo cp ~/.dropbox-dist/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/dropboxstatus-idle.png /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.png
sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light
dropbox stop
dropbox start

It'll break again when the "ubuntu-mono" package is updated.

Alan

[AlanPorter]

Oooh, a better solution...

cd /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps
sudo mkdir 22/UNUSED
sudo mv 22/dropbox-* 22/UNUSED/
sudo mkdir 24/UNUSED
sudo mv 24/dropbox-* 24/UNUSED/
sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark
dropbox stop
dropbox start

Then the indicator applet will not find the mono-colored icons, and instead, it will ask the dropbox app to provide icons for it. Those are stored in ~/.dropbox-dist/icons .

Alan

[Fanas]

This is a hack that works for me...

sudo mv /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.svg /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.svg-DISABLED
sudo cp ~/.dropbox-dist/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/dropboxstatus-idle.png /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/22/dropboxstatus-idle.png
sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light
dropbox stop
dropbox start

It'll break again when the "ubuntu-mono" package is updated.

Alan

I'll use this, maybe after update it will look better. At least of the same color as the others.

[naser2010]

Slight typo in the above advice. It should read:

sudo mv 22/dropboxstatus-* 22/UNUSED/

and

sudo mv 24/dropboxstatus-* 24/UNUSED/


Instead of

sudo mv 22/dropbox-* 22/UNUSED/

sudo mv 24/dropbox-* 24/UNUSED/
Thanks for the tip. I missed the Dropbox tick and now it's back.

[behco]

Oooh, a better solution...

cd /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps
sudo mkdir 22/UNUSED
sudo mv 22/dropboxstatus-* 22/UNUSED/
sudo mkdir 24/UNUSED
sudo mv 24/dropboxstatus-* 24/UNUSED/
sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark
dropbox stop
dropbox start

Then the indicator applet will not find the mono-colored icons, and instead, it will ask the dropbox app to provide icons for it. Those are stored in ~/.dropbox-dist/icons .

Alan

Thanks Alan. It works as a charm. (just correcting a typo).

Beco.

[hakermania]

I was also questioned about this, thanks!