> > * "shaul" == shaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shaul> Can someone tell me why update-menus does not add a mosaic > shaul> entry to my menu ? If this is not an obvious error, where > shaul> should I look ? > > a) does dpkg -l mosaic show the package as installed? > b) run update-menus with verbose and debugging for more than enough > info. > > Ciao, > Martin >
[03:55:46 shaul]$ dpkg -l Mosaic Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii Mosaic 2.7b5-8 Graphical WWW browser [03:56:33 shaul]$ update-menus -v update-menus run by user -- cannot determine if dpkg is locking /var/lib/dpkg/lock: assuming there is no lock Update-menus: Dpkg not locking dpkg status area. Good. Reading installed packages... Reading translate info in /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus running menu-methods in /home/shaul/.menu-methods/ running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/ Udate-menus: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//fvwm2 [03:57:04 shaul]$ update-menus -d 2>&1 | grep -A1 -B1 mosaic Reading menuentryfile /home/shaul/.menu/mosaic Reading menuentryfile /home/shaul/.menu/minicom-modem [03:57:37 shaul]$ Isn't that the expected output ? BTW: Does the above ( update-menus -d 2>&1 ) proves that update-menu debug output is sent to stderr ? Because if it does then isn't stdout a better choice ?