On 2021-09-24 08:38, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Something similar happened to me when I upgraded beowulf to chimaera.
> Only I use icewm instead of xfce.
> The images in the five-icon bar at the bottom disappeared. They still
> took up
> the usual five spaces, but instead of icons they were blank. I could
> still use
> the machine, because I knew the locations of the ones I use, and
> clicking there
> had the expected effects.
>
> It turned out that the upgrade was not quite complete. I used dpkg to
> remove
> a package the was blocking some others, performed some more apt and
> aptitude
> actions and a *lot* more packages were upgraded and installed. The
> icon images
> have returned.
>
> -- hendrik
>

fsmithred suggested that you try this:

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=15085

iiuc an Xfce4 config file needs to be deleted and that it will recreate
itself properly after logout and back in.

Let us know . . .

golinux