Replacing Gnome software with an alternative?

[Sorro]

tried with every icon theme i had and a few more i downloaded after and they all have the same problem

but the icons of the available apps do load fine, it's just on here on the image

[Aravisian]

You can see in my screenshot that my icons do show up. But they are my own made set.
You might test an icon theme by making a copy in your ~.icons directory and ensuring you have ownership of the icon theme directory.
Open that themes index.theme file in a text editor.
See if it contains the following grouping:

DisplayDepth=32
LinkOverlay=link_overlay
LockOverlay=lock_overlay
ZipOverlay=zip_overlay
DesktopDefault=48
DesktopSizes=16,22,32,48,64,72,96,128
ToolbarDefault=22
ToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
MainToolbarDefault=22
MainToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
SmallDefault=16
SmallSizes=16
PanelDefault=32
PanelSizes=16,22,32,48,64,72,96,128

If it lacks that - try adding that in. Save the file. Reload your desktop and see if the icons appear.

[Sorro]

that was already there

I'm gonna try reloading the desktop just in case, but that code you sent seemed to already have been there

[Sorro]

reloading the desktop didn't fix it

then I tried with the gnome desktop and the problem is also there, so this doesn't seem like a cinnamon problem

[Sorro]

In fact, in gnome gets worse, the app icon doesn't load either (it does load on cinnamon)

[Aravisian]

Can you run

sudo apt install qt5ct qt5-style-plugins

If using Cinnamon, you can launch Nemo... If using Gnome, launch Nautilus.

sudo -i

nemo

or

nautilus

Navigate to /etc/profile.d
Open qt-style-override.sh and remove the line there, blanking the file. Save and close.
Next, open qt-qpa-platformtheme.sh and change its contents to:

export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

Once all done - reboot and test.

[Sorro]

@Aravisian

Open qt-style-override.sh

@Aravisian

Next, open `qt-qpa-platformtheme.sh

none of them seem to be here... is this a bad thing?

[Aravisian]

That is odd... I would swear that comes in Zorin OS.
You can just create the qt-qpa-platformtheme.sh file and paste in

export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

and save the file.

[swarfendor437]

Apper on my abridged KDE Plasma on Antix:

If you click on the box top right it opens up General Settings / Software Origins Tabs:

[Sorro]

that didn't solve the problem, but it made the size scaling of the app bigger (which is more than welcome since i considered it a bit too small before), but the main problem still is there

[Aravisian]

Is this issue present on any icon theme or just some?

[Sorro]

it's on every icon theme

[Sorro]

my laptop is kinda old and sometimes I've heard the hdd make screeching noises, plus now it takes around 4 or 5 hours to resize a partition

Do you think this problem that we are trying to solve may have been caused by a file getting corrupted or dissappearing? This is not the first app that shows weird behaviour, radeontop sometimes has been acting like way too much vram was in use

[swarfendor437]

I did have some issues with Apper similar to what you are experiencing when I was running Devuan (I think!) The fact that your HDD is making screeching noises could well be an indication of imminent hard drive failure. Run Disks and run a diagnostic.

I would be tempted to upgrade your ageing notebook with an SSD.

[Sorro]

@swarfendor437

Run Disks and run a diagnostic.

I did run that a month or two ago and what didn't say "old" said "pre-failure", but it was working fine and wasn't making the screeching back then, so I didn't think it was that bad

I was thinking of buying a new laptop: as much as I'd like to keep this one, the hdd is almost failing, the battery health is at 48%, it sometimes randomly shuts down when it's not plugged in (not the hdd's fault since it happens since a year ago) and I think something's going on with the cooling, because it now always makes noise when on battery saving mode while it used to be quiet even on performance mode when I didn't have heavy programs open

I dont mind always using it plugged in, but that's not the ideal thing to take to university, so while i wait until I can buy a new laptop, im gonna install zorin lite on a sd card and boot from that so i dont lose any work