The best solution will probably be taking the xlog.svg (that is already in the archive) icon file, placing it into "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps" and adjusting the Icon entry in xlog.desktop to contain just "xlog".
- Bug#1073789: desktop icon not installed into a standard location asciiwolf
- Bug#1073789: desktop icon not installed into a standard loc... asciiwolf
- Bug#1073789: desktop icon not installed into a standard loc... asciiwolf