It seems that bamf fails on a dbus call sometimes which causes the icon to failed to load which causes a blank icon:
WARN 2012-06-08 13:39:23 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch icon: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application62801462 WARN 2012-06-08 13:39:23 unity <unknown>:0 Failed to fetch name: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application62801462 WARN 2012-06-08 13:39:23 unity <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application62801462 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772986 Title: Unity launcher single missing/invisible/blank icon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/772986/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs