Got it back again no icons missing. Tried unity --icon-reset Got the following in the output. WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:45 unity.iconloader IconLoader.cpp:509 Unable to load contents of file:///usr/share/icons/unity-icon-theme/places/svg/category-available.svg: Error opening file: No such file or directory The full out put was as follows. ronald@dev5:~$ sudo unity --reset-icons Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : unity Adding plugins Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade Initializing core options...done Initializing bailer options...done Initializing detection options...done Initializing composite options...done Initializing opengl options...done Initializing decor options...done Initializing mousepoll options...done Initializing vpswitch options...done Initializing animation options...done Initializing snap options...done compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture Initializing expo options...done Initializing move options...done Initializing place options...done Initializing grid options...done Initializing gnomecompat options...done Initializing wall options...done Initializing ezoom options...done Initializing workarounds options...done Initializing resize options...done Initializing fade options...done Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done Initializing scale options...done Initializing session options...done WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:17 glib.glib-gobject :0 invalid (NULL) pointer instance Screen geometry changed: 0x0x1920x1080 1920x0x1920x1080 unity-panel-service: no process found unity-panel-service: no process found Initializing unityshell options...done DEBUG 2012-02-16 16:30:17 glib :0 Setting to primary screen rect: x=0 y=0 w=1920 h=1080 Initializing annotate options...done Initializing blur options...done Initializing clone options...done Initializing colorfilter options...done Initializing commands options...done Initializing cube options...done Initializing debugspew options...done Initializing imgjpeg options...done Initializing kdecompat options...done Initializing mag options...done Initializing neg options...done Initializing obs options...done Initializing opacify options...done Initializing put options...done Initializing resizeinfo options...done Initializing ring options...done Initializing rotate options...done Initializing scaleaddon options...done Initializing screenshot options...done Initializing shift options...done Initializing staticswitcher options...done Initializing switcher options...done Initializing thumbnail options...done Initializing water options...done Initializing winrules options...done Initializing wobbly options...done Initializing zoom options...done WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:18 unity.favorites FavoriteStoreGSettings.cpp:138 Unable to load GDesktopAppInfo for 'ubiquity-gtkui.desktop' Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key" Setting Update "fullscreen_visual_bell" Setting Update "autoraise" Setting Update "autoraise_delay" Setting Update "maximize_window_key" Setting Update "minimize_window_key" Setting Update "show_desktop_key" Setting Update "toggle_window_maximized_key" Setting Update "toggle_window_shaded_key" Setting Update "fullscreen_visual_bell" Setting Update "main_menu_key" Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key" Setting Update "run_key" WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method InfoRequest proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/files does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method SetActive proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/files does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method InfoRequest proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/music does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method SetActive proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/music does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method InfoRequest proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/applications does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method SetActive proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/applications does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method InfoRequest proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/commands does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:44 unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:255 Cannot call method SetActive proxy /com/canonical/unity/lens/commands does not exist WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:45 unity.iconloader IconLoader.cpp:509 Unable to load contents of file:///usr/share/icons/unity-icon-theme/places/svg/category-installed.svg: Error opening file: No such file or directory WARN 2012-02-16 16:30:45 unity.iconloader IconLoader.cpp:509 Unable to load contents of file:///usr/share/icons/unity-icon-theme/places/svg/category-available.svg: Error opening file: No such file or directory