Re: [newbie] Menudrake crashes when starting
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 06:04 pm, hackhound wrote: If you run update-menus -v in a terminal as root and then as a user do you see any error messages? Running update-menus -v as both root and as a user does not generate any errors. However, I did notice that both stop at: update-menus[14731]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/simplified/kde3 and I have to hit Enter go get back to a prompt. That's just what you should need to do. OTOH, if you don't wanna be bothered with that, then run 'update-menus -v -n'. The -n switch will get you back to the prompt without hitting Enter. Particularly useful if you run update-menus with an alias, an specially if you include other commands. EG, alias upall='rpm --rebuilddb updatedb ldconfig -v update-menus -v -n' Also, you should log out and then back into your desktop after running update-menus I am still getting the segmentation fault when I launch menudrake, sigh. Thanks, Hackhound -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Menudrake crashes when starting
Greetings, I think this is the first time that I have launched Menudrake since upgrading to ML 10.1. When I launch it, from the CLI as root, it comes up, get as far as Creating standard menu structure, and then crashes. My terminal window shows Segmentation fault (core dumped). I have removed menudrake, and reinstalled it, but it still won't run. Thanks much, Hackhound Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake crashes when starting
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 23:30, hackhound wrote: Greetings, I think this is the first time that I have launched Menudrake since upgrading to ML 10.1. When I launch it, from the CLI as root, it comes up, get as far as Creating standard menu structure, and then crashes. My terminal window shows Segmentation fault (core dumped). I have removed menudrake, and reinstalled it, but it still won't run. Thanks much, Hackhound If you run update-menus -v in a terminal as root and then as a user do you see any error messages? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake crashes when starting
If you run update-menus -v in a terminal as root and then as a user do you see any error messages? Running update-menus -v as both root and as a user does not generate any errors. However, I did notice that both stop at: update-menus[14731]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/simplified/kde3 and I have to hit Enter go get back to a prompt. I am still getting the segmentation fault when I launch menudrake, sigh. Thanks, Hackhound Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake config file(s)?
On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 07:18, Marv Boyes wrote: Hello, everyone. I'm in the middle of writing a small Python program designed to more-or-less replace my KDE/GNOME start-type menus (as I'm no longer using either KDE or GNOME). I need to know where I ought to look in order to get the command-lines used to launch all of the programs as they're currently listed in those menus. I'm guessing it's all listed in plain text or XML somewhere (right?), but I'm having a hard time finding it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If it's relevant, I'm running Mdk 9.2; my KDE and GNOME are versions 3.1.3 and 2.4, respectively. BTW, I'm aware that there's already a Python program-- MenuMaker -- which does something like what I've described, but it yielded some really wacky results on my system. I want something I can customize-- and I need to learn more about Python, as well. Call it a training exercise. ;) Thanks much, Marv Have you started to poke around /usr/lib/apps ? ...also /usr/share/applnk-mdk ? stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products Xuttuh is a word that means many things. Every Bene Tleilax knows it was the name of the first Master. But just as that man was more than a mere mortal, so there are depths and complexities in the appellation. Depending upon tone and vocal inflection, Xuttuh can mean hello or blessings be upon you. Or it can constitute a prayer encompassed in a single word, as a devotee prepares to die for the Great Belief. For such reasons, we have chosen this as our new name for the conquered planet formerly known as Ix. -Tleilaxu Training Disk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake config file(s)?
On Saturday 03 Jul 2004 22:18, Marv Boyes wrote: Hello, everyone. I'm in the middle of writing a small Python program designed to more-or-less replace my KDE/GNOME start-type menus (as I'm no longer using either KDE or GNOME). I need to know where I ought to look in order to get the command-lines used to launch all of the programs as they're currently listed in those menus. I'm guessing it's all listed in plain text or XML somewhere (right?), but I'm having a hard time finding it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If it's relevant, I'm running Mdk 9.2; my KDE and GNOME are versions 3.1.3 and 2.4, respectively. BTW, I'm aware that there's already a Python program-- MenuMaker -- which does something like what I've described, but it yielded some really wacky results on my system. I want something I can customize-- and I need to learn more about Python, as well. Call it a training exercise. ;) Thanks much, Marv Mandrake uses the Debian menu system. Each package puts a file in /usr/lib/menu to describe its menu entry. There are files in /etc/menu-methods to describe menus for each Window Manager. Whenever a package is added post-install will run update-menus to create a new menu list for each Window Manager. So regardless which Window Manager you are using your menus should appear consistent. The exception is XFce which is not currently included in this scheme. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake config file(s)?
On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 10:06, Hoyt Bailey wrote: Why don't you download the source rpm's. They should tell you everything you want to know. I believe its even legal. What the heck's the fun in doing something LEGAL? You're turning too Walmart for us mate...(g) stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products There are more dead people than living, and their numbers are increasing. -- Eugene Ionesco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake config file(s)?
On Saturday 03 July 2004 19:56, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 10:06, Hoyt Bailey wrote: Why don't you download the source rpm's. They should tell you everything you want to know. I believe its even legal. What the heck's the fun in doing something LEGAL? You're turning too Walmart for us mate...(g) stephen kuhn - proprietor Wrong list stephen. -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Menudrake and kde 3.0.3
Hi guys, i updated to kde 3.0.3 on my 8.1 system and took the advice in kde 3 primer on the mandrakeforum site and renamed my ~/.kde folder to oldkde and then after relogging back into kde 3 - it runs even better but now I can't get Menudrake to update the menus - it shows the changes inside of menudrake(even after exiting menudrake and reloading menudrake) but clicking save no longer actually updates the menus. Using update-menus didn't help either. I tried using kmenuedit, but the changes made with that are lost after booting the system two or three times. Any thoughts? Regards, Adam Ritchie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake and kde 3.0.3
On Monday 03 February 2003 21:43, Adam Ritchie wrote: Hi guys, i updated to kde 3.0.3 on my 8.1 system and took the advice in kde 3 primer on the mandrakeforum site and renamed my ~/.kde folder to oldkde and then after relogging back into kde 3 - it runs even better but now I can't get Menudrake to update the menus - it shows the changes inside of menudrake(even after exiting menudrake and reloading menudrake) but clicking save no longer actually updates the menus. Using update-menus didn't help either. I tried using kmenuedit, but the changes made with that are lost after booting the system two or three times. Any thoughts? Regards, Adam Ritchie Open menudrake, go to action - modify menu style. Make sure you are using Mandrake style menus HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like Edit textfile.txt (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] menudrake
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[newbie] menudrake, mandrake 8, and windowmaker
I'm using windowmaker and a new install of mandrake 8. So far, I like mdk8.0 quite a bit -- it's working smoothly (right down to perfect installation of the nvidia drivers). However, I cannot get windowmaker to read the menu generated by menudrake. WM errors out on it, as does wmakerconf's menu importing tool. I remember that the same problem popped up with mdk7.1, but I was able to work around that by slightly modifying the default menu so that wmakerconf could read it. No luck here, though -- this seems to be a persistent problem with menudrake. Is that the case? If so, has anybody found a solution? I like the features that menudrake purports to give me, but it doesn't do me any good if it won't really work with windowmaker. Does anyone have a solution for reading the menudrake-generated menu in windowmaker? Thanks- -- -Alan
[newbie] menudrake nuking kde 2 menu's - it should be called switch-menus-drake - menudrake sucks!
menudrake sucks! - it should be called "switch-menus-drake" Something is really screwed up in the way it behaves, although it is documented, it is hard to find the documentation, and the GUI interface isn't very intuitive, load system menus / load user menus, then when you save the damn thing isn't saved then there is that option on your panel to edit the menus, but it doesn't do anything but waste your time, i don't know what drugs that the guy was smoking when t/he/y made that program, but please drink some coffee and upgrade this program. maybe add drag n drop to it if your embarassed about how bad it turned out. and edit the resources on that menu called reload users menu, reload system menu, or at least put a check flag explaining the current selected menu[s] you are editing, perhaps the ability to Save to New Directory would be a great enhancement, or perhaps you should smoke another one and create a Backup Menus / Restore Menus option. finally, if the menus are not saved to the disk do not allow an exit from the program untill the menus are written to disk. ie. synch the god darn menu's 1. when is it happening - can this be detected with some kind of logic; so we can save our menus somehow first? 2. why it is happening - which programs reset the menu's to the mandrake (tm) menus? 3. how to restore my hard work creating my menus back after they have been nuked. script kiddies want to help out? 4. how can we nuke - "the program that nukes the menus." 5. how-to add / edit menus manually without menudrake (and eliminate #3 above) please sen-se, "i would like to master my kde menu system in mandrake" ;o) -- Linux.The Final Upgrade.
