Comment 8 for bug 464893

Yes, making this setting restores the icons. Is this setting present in the version of GNOME in Jaunty? I don't recall ever clearing it and this home folder was restored from a backup after installation.

What's the distinction between e.g. the Applications and Places menus (which don't respect this setting) and other menus that do (like the System menu)?

Anyway, nice to have them back, in long context menus like the ones you get in Eclipse they provide a useful "visual detent" for finding your chosen submenu.