It seems as there are no icons within the installation directory. Here is the output from "ls -C1 /usr/share/inkscape/icons":
holger@qualle:~$ ls -C1 /usr/share/inkscape/icons color-management-icon.png feBlend-icon.png feBlend-icon.svg feColorMatrix-icon.png feColorMatrix-icon.svg feComposite-icon.png feComposite-icon.svg feConvolveMatrix-icon.png feConvolveMatrix-icon.svg feDiffuseLighting-icon.png feDiffuseLighting-icon.svg feDisplacementMap-icon.png feDisplacementMap-icon.svg feFlood-icon.png feFlood-icon.svg feGaussianBlur-icon.png feGaussianBlur-icon.svg feImage-icon.png feImage-icon.svg feMerge-icon.png feMerge-icon.svg feMorphology-icon.png feMorphology-icon.svg feOffset-icon.png feOffset-icon.svg feSpecularLighting-icon.png feSpecularLighting-icon.svg feTurbulence-icon.png feTurbulence-icon.svg icons.svg inkscape.file.png inkscape.file.svg inkscape.svg out-of-gamut-icon.png out-of-gamut-icon.svg README remove-color.png remove-color.svg tango_icons.svg ticotico.jpg too-much-ink-icon.png too-much-ink-icon.svg holger@qualle:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty holger@qualle:~$ uname -a Linux qualle 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux holger@qualle:~$ inkscape -V Inkscape 0.48.1 r9760 (Mar 22 2011) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775702 Title: Some menu icons missing in Inkscape since upgrade to 11.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs