Comment 15 for bug 719861

Hello sorry for my English, I am using a translator.

I had the same problem on a virtual machine, I got a workaround that did the thema and icons work normally, the following steps:

sudo gnome-appearance-properties% F (after running this command icons back to work and modifications can be made on theme and fonts.

Restart Nautilus:

just run:

nautilus -q (without sudo)

Hope this helps in some way at least you can use ubuntu normally.