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Old 11-17-2007, 10:11 PM   #1
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Menu updater lost in upgrade to mandriva 2008


After upgrade to mandriva 2008, I have lost listing of many programs like Openoffice, Abiword, Menu Updater etc. from START/KDE menu..

I have tried update-menus.. kappfinder.. menudrake(no such command?).. but I can not update my menu to all the programs installed..
I cannot start OpenOffice by Alt+F2 as I do not know the command..

I wish to update my Menu to Fullest..
Please suggest a way..
 
Old 11-19-2007, 08:58 AM   #2
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And this is another reason why upgrades are never a good idea, no matter what OS or distro you use. It never goes smoothly as one hopes and it's better to back up your personal files and do a clean install.

This is extreme, but try deleting your local KDE profile settings. I'm more of a gnome user so I'm not sure where this would be, but it's usually a hidden .file, like .kde or something. BUT, I don't use Mandriva so I don't know if it's a system thing or a local user setting. Have you tried the obvious reboot?
 
Old 11-20-2007, 09:58 AM   #3
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tried reboot.. update-menus..drakmenustyle..

your suggetstion appeals but I am a newbie so do not want to hurry to a drastic step of deleting ./kde until I come to an understanding of fundamentls of the problem..

thaks for your suggestion
 
Old 11-21-2007, 04:14 AM   #4
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You may need to install the kde-config files.

These files are sometimes left out or not configured during a major upgrade, early 2007 versions.

urpmi mandriva-kde-config-common (and any deps)

Like, mandriva-kdm-config-2008.0-28mdv2008.0.noarch.rpm

Cheers, Glenn
 
Old 11-23-2007, 08:40 PM   #5
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Menudrake is no more

In another Forum, I am told that menudrake is not any more in Mandriva 2008, and I should try either alacarte (for gnome) or kmenuedit (for kde)..
 
Old 11-24-2007, 05:36 AM   #6
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kmenuedit it is then.

<please try the suggestion I submitted>

Last edited by GlennsPref; 11-24-2007 at 05:37 AM.
 
Old 11-24-2007, 06:00 AM   #7
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kmenuedit it is then.

<please try the suggestion I submitted>
I tried your suggestion at the first go.. the case remains the same
Kmenuedit opens only the menu editor not menu updater (that's what I need desperately)
 
Old 12-09-2007, 09:50 PM   #8
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Try issuing update-menus -n as root and see if that helps.
 
  


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