Comment 1 for bug 31810

What version of ubuntu are you running? What did you set the icons to?

On my kubuntu dapper amd64 with latest updates, I can make the icons smaller (16pixels) and the grid is the right size.

On another note, it took me a while to find the setting for the icon size. It's in a very unintuitive place. There should be SOME way to get to it through the desktop's right click menu.