ok, kde stopped showing icons

[Steel City Phantom]

so i was adding a few applications to my new VERY cool KSmoothDock bar 
and the screen refreshed.  after that refresh, the KDE menu and all the 
applications under it stopped showing icons.  i tried going to the 
control center and choosing another icons set and refreshing, that 
didn't work, i tried rebooting, that didn't work.  anyone have an idea?