My Show Desktop Button is missing its icon (showing instead the default red "x" icon) in the GNOME panel. I just upgraded to GNOME 2.6.1 via a debian "apt-get upgrade gnome" against the unstable archives. This applet, unlike others, has no "Properties" item in its context menu, from which to select an icon. Where is that icon stored? Perhaps a temporary workaround would be to manually insert an icon file in that storage location. Fixing this bug would ideally include not only the proper icon by default, but also the Properties item for selecting an icon. --
(C) Matthew Rubenstein