Menudrake can't save menus
Hi there,
I tried to add OpenOffice to my KDE menu using Menudrake but after I save the new menus, nothing happens, even after rebooting. This is what I did: 1.) su -c 'menudrake' to run Menudrake as root 2.) Chose "Update System Menu" 3.) Clicked the "Add Application" button 4.) Entered the title, the file location (/usr/local/openoffice/program/scalc) 5.) Chose the icon 6.) Pressed Save 7.) Exited And nothing happened. Mysteriously, sometimes when I open Menudrake again, I see the OpenOffice Calc entry in blue font. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Vince |
try this
open a terminal and type update-menus -v after a while the process hangs and doesn't return to a command prompt, close the terminal manually there is a bug in mandrake 9.2 that makes the menus buggy and unreliable (there is a fix for it amongst the updates) |
Quote:
Tom |
cool
thanks for that did it work? |
Didn't work. The entries I added still don't show up. They are still in blue font in Menudrake.
If it helps, the error in the terminal I get when saving menus is: ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server! Does this have anything to do with it? |
No one else has ever had this problem?
|
bump?
|
I've had the same problem 3 times within the last 3 months...
In the first two cases, knowing much less than I do now (though still far from any level of expertise), I had resorted to reinstallation. Yesterday, however, I found a solution (perhaps not the best, but it works for me). First, I logged out from my usual username, then logged in as "root", used a console to start "menudrake" (because menudrake was no longer in my menu as an available application), then by simply changing the names of some folders and apps (such as adding a space to the end), they began reappearing in my menus. update-menus -v does not seem to work... using the trick mentioned above, and they appear as soon as you click to save. I know it's probably not the correct solution, but as long as I can access the GUI's and apps I need, it's good enough for me, until somebody posts a better solution. |
Quote:
I have now the same problem after upgrading to Cooker 10.1 I installed every possible bugfix... but nothing changes... |
Quote:
|
Anyone know if Mandrake 10 has this problem?
|
i'm having the same problem in mandrake 10... updated with all bugfixes/etc
|
I'm using Mandrake 10 Official and have had no problems at all.
|
Did anyone manage to resolve the issue ?
I get error cold not attach to DCOP server. The funny thing is menudrake was working properly prior to installing the updates and bugfixes for MDK 10 OE. Very strange. |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:51 AM. |