diff -uNr kdebase/kfm/kfmman.cpp kdebase.new/kfm/kfmman.cpp
--- kdebase/kfm/kfmman.cpp	Thu Aug 19 17:15:01 1999
+++ kdebase.new/kfm/kfmman.cpp	Fri Aug 27 20:28:06 1999
@@ -1812,11 +1812,7 @@
     
 	// At this time the icon protocol works for local files only.
 	KMimeType *mime = KMimeType::getMagicMimeType( _url );
-	if ( strcmp( mime->getMimeType(), "image/jpeg" ) == 0 ||
-	     strcmp( mime->getMimeType(), "image/gif" ) == 0 ||
-	     strcmp( mime->getMimeType(), "image/bmp" ) == 0 ||  
-                            // Added bmp, because it seems to work. David.
-	     strcmp( mime->getMimeType(), "image/x-xpm" ) == 0 )
+        if ( strncmp( mime->getMimeType(), "image/", 6 ) == 0 )
 	{
 	    QString result;
             QString path(u2.path());