application/menu icon sizes

[Takis Diakoumis <linux executequery org>]

Hi

i just installed on a laptop which has the ridiculous max resolution of
1024x768. i've made everything smaller as a result. i can't however
figure out how to make the icons smaller.

i'm running gnome 2.8.3 on debian etch.

i would like to shrink as much as i can the icons in the gnome-menu and
applications such as epiphany, nautilus, gedit, evolution etc... 

is there somewhere this can be done such that the change is global??

i did read somewhere that the gconf setting desktop | gnome | interface
| toolbar_icon_size can do it but i've been having some difficulty in
figuring out what to put in there that will work. it was an old post
with a method that may no longer work:
http://gnome-hacks.jodrell.net/hacks.html?id=43

any suggestions would be most appreciated.

thanks

Takis