Hmm, tried this - no joy I'm affaid, Main Menu still vanished in all logins including root. Still get an error message - "no system menus found!". When I open the Global menu (right click on the Panel) the Gnome "Programs" menu has no entries... :-( M.
>On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 17:44, Morgan Read wrote: >> I installed a programme recently, and noticed that the "GnoRPM" tool asked >> me where to put a ".desktop" icon that turned out to put an icon in the >> "main menu". >> >> Frustrated at the clumsyness of the menu editors and intrigued that their >> might be a process as straight forward as (and similar in simplicity to) >> the mac's "apple menu" buried somewhere in the system, I went to >> investigate... >> >> So, I logged in as root and went sniffing around in >> "usr/share/gnome/distribution-menus" and "usr/share/gnome/programs"... >> And, now the "main menu" has disappeared! >> >> No surprise to some I guess? The only thing I changed was the "Gnome Color >> Selector" that I opened in "gedit": changed the "comment [en_GB]" and "name >> [en_GB]" to "Gnome Colour Selector" (fair enough, I thought...). I opened >> some other files with "gedit" just for a look, but closed them without >> saving. >> >> First, as I was browsing with "nautilus" in the "Programs" directory (I may >> also have been browsing with gedit's file open dialogue) I noticed that all >> the Mandrake menu's had gone (yup, I looked in >> "usr/share/gnome/distribution-menus" before I looked in >> "usr/share/gnome/programs"). Then, after I closed "nautilus" and "gedit" >> and logged out of root and back into my account - holding my breath the >> whole time - I found the whole "main menu" had gone. I got an error >> message that the "main menu" couldn't be found... >> >> Any help with my "investigation" and putting the "main menu" back would be >> really appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Morgan. >> -- >> Morgan Read >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >What you could do is to login as root again, open up a term window, >navigate to your ~/home/yourname directory, and delete the .gno* >directories underneat...(rm -rf .gnom*) - that way, when you login as >YOU again, Gnome2 will regenerate all the basic Gnome2 menus, system >menus - yadda yadda yadda.... > >-- >Fri Nov 29 11:05:00 EST 2002 > .o0 linux user:267497 0o. >-------------------------------- >| __ __ | kühn media australia >| / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com >| .\__/ || | | | >| _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn >| | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >| |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >| |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 >| ;"""/ / | | | >| smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 >| ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU >-------------------------------- >Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn > >pain, n.: > One thing, at least it proves that you're alive! -- Morgan Read mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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