gnome app menu failing to work

terrifiedkiller · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 141

i just got gnome setup and emerged a program but i start up gnome and press the application button nothing happens the other menus seem to work anyone know how to get this to work?

terrifiedkiller · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 141

please disregard my post turns out i had to log in through gdm and not just do startx issue fixed

clouds222 · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:21 am Post subject:

Have you find the root cause?

I have the same problem as you using startx. but it works OK when login w/ gdm.

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

the answer is within the ebuild thru ewarning.
Use elogviewer, check the ebuild itself or read last lines when you emerge gnome-menus.

or in the forum too.... https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-816565-highlight-gnome+menu.html