This is not a duplicate of bug 1048837, which was marked fixed merely because the Desktop item was removed from the Launcher. However, I've verified that this is fixed in Ubuntu 13.10 (and probably earlier).
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1048837 show desktop icon in launcher is ugly ** Changed in: humanity-icon-theme (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to humanity-icon-theme in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/951220 Title: Desktop icon has a white bar Status in “humanity-icon-theme” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: humanity-icon-theme 0.5.3.11, Ubuntu 12.04 humanity-icon-theme 0.6.1, Ubuntu Q The desktop icon shows a white bar towards the top. I do not expect it to be there as the white bar is not on the desktop, which the icon is meant to represent. I am using 12.04 and version 0.5.3.11 of humanity-icon-theme. However, this issue has been in previous releases as well. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/humanity-icon-theme/+bug/951220/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp