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IcEonFirE
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:40 am Post subject: Gnome Start Menu Issue |
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Hi
I had added some applications to Gnome start menu. But yesterday when I updated to latest verion of GTK, the applications' icons are not shown on the start menu. But when I run applications:// from Gnome, they added application are there.
I even tried to readd all of them on root but I have the same problem
Any suggestions please
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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There have been several threads (and bugs) about this subject. Try updating gnome-panel to gnome-panel-2.8.3 and glib to glib-2.6.2-r1. One of these 2 is most likely the culprit.
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IcEonFirE
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I the gnome-panel-2.8.3 is not available yet I have already synced
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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I have Gnome-Panel 2.8.2. 2.8.3 Isnt out yet. I hope this is fixed shortly.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, 2.8.3 is ~
You can emerge it like this:
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~86" emerge gnome-panel |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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That just reinstalled 2.8.2:-\
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Verted wrote: | | That just reinstalled 2.8.2:-\ |
Sorry, it's ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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I've been using a whole load of different searches to find out how to fix this bug and I stumbled across this thread.
emerging gnome-panel 2.8.3 fixed it.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: Re: Thanks |
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| geoffd wrote: | I've been using a whole load of different searches to find out how to fix this bug and I stumbled across this thread.
emerging gnome-panel 2.8.3 fixed it.
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Great!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm...
| Code: | verted root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~86" emerge gnome-panel
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Again just reinstalled 2.8.2. Whats wrong with mine?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Verted wrote: | Hmmm...
| Code: | verted root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~86" emerge gnome-panel
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Again just reinstalled 2.8.2. Whats wrong with mine? |
hmmmmm, when was the last time you ran "emerge sync"?
Does this file exist?
| Code: | | /usr/portage/gnome-base/gnome-panel/gnome-panel-2.8.3.ebuild |
If not then you need to emerge sync and if it does then just emerge it like this (you should never have to do this but if it's the only way to make it work :shrug: ).
| Code: | | emerge /usr/portage/gnome-base/gnome-panel/gnome-panel-2.8.3.ebuild |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Verted wrote: | Hmmm...
| Code: | verted root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~86" emerge gnome-panel
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Again just reinstalled 2.8.2. Whats wrong with mine? |
you miss an "x" it is
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gnome-panel
never mind 
i have more basic question, if one of you could answer it on-the-fly? How do i change/edit the Gnome startmenu?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Morimando wrote: | | Verted wrote: | Hmmm...
| Code: | verted root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~86" emerge gnome-panel
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Again just reinstalled 2.8.2. Whats wrong with mine? |
you miss an "x" it is
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gnome-panel
never mind
i have more basic question, if one of you could answer it on-the-fly? How do i change/edit the Gnome startmenu? |
Oh My Fucking $DIETY!!!! I can't believe I missed that. TWICE!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well.
The menu items are all stored as .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. Just open one and use it as a template to create custom menu items.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| curtis119 wrote: | | Morimando wrote: | | Verted wrote: | Hmmm...
| Code: | verted root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~86" emerge gnome-panel
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Again just reinstalled 2.8.2. Whats wrong with mine? |
you miss an "x" it is
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gnome-panel
never mind
i have more basic question, if one of you could answer it on-the-fly? How do i change/edit the Gnome startmenu? |
Oh My Fucking $DIETY!!!! I can't believe I missed that. TWICE!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well.
The menu items are all stored as .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. Just open one and use it as a template to create custom menu items. |
never mind curtis, i just kept a close look on the syntax because i myself spent some time in vain just because i missed the spelling.
Concerning my gnome i found applications:/// (ah i tried the search function ) but it's crap .. i knew i shouldn't have installed Gnome in the first place
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I'll try that gnome-panel "unstable" also, since i a) changed things using nautilus => applications:/// but although i restarted gnome, the startmenu didn't change although it should have. Damn stuff this is.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Is there any chance of getting a fix for this issue into stable any time soon? It seems to have been around a while!
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| mattheweast wrote: | Is there any chance of getting a fix for this issue into stable any time soon? It seems to have been around a while!
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No, foser (the gentoo package maintainer for Gnome) has said in several bug reports that this is an upstream issue and that the new menu system fixes all the problems so no fixing of back versions will happen. You will either have to upgrade to gnome 2.10 or live with it. Of course things may change at any time so don't give up hope. One of us might get sick of it and submit a fix. I use 2.10 so I'm OK with it.
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Oh i c. I'm not sure I'm ready to move to 2.10 yet, I'm using it on another system and haven't decided whether the pros outweigh the cons
But I can take the effort of moving to 2.8.3, that will be fine.
thanks for the info!
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Since doing this I am having another problem: when I open xmms from the menu, and click (with either mouse button) on the xmms window, it closes. If I open it from a terminal (with the same command as is in the menu), the problem does not occur.
Does anyone know what might cause this problem?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| curtis119 wrote: | | mattheweast wrote: | Is there any chance of getting a fix for this issue into stable any time soon? It seems to have been around a while!
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No, foser (the gentoo package maintainer for Gnome) has said in several bug reports that this is an upstream issue and that the new menu system fixes all the problems so no fixing of back versions will happen. You will either have to upgrade to gnome 2.10 or live with it. Of course things may change at any time so don't give up hope. One of us might get sick of it and submit a fix. I use 2.10 so I'm OK with it. |
I don't know if upgrading to 2.10 would fix it because if the icons are missing then, you won't have a menu editor to use to try to fix it lol. |
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| Epyon wrote: | | curtis119 wrote: | | mattheweast wrote: | Is there any chance of getting a fix for this issue into stable any time soon? It seems to have been around a while!
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No, foser (the gentoo package maintainer for Gnome) has said in several bug reports that this is an upstream issue and that the new menu system fixes all the problems so no fixing of back versions will happen. You will either have to upgrade to gnome 2.10 or live with it. Of course things may change at any time so don't give up hope. One of us might get sick of it and submit a fix. I use 2.10 so I'm OK with it. |
I don't know if upgrading to 2.10 would fix it because if the icons are missing then, you won't have a menu editor to use to try to fix it lol. |
There isn't a menu editor in any of the 2.x series of gnome anyway. The 2.10 series uses the new freedesktop.org standard for menus. All the menu entires are in /usr/share/applications and are easily edited or added to with any text editor. No more fooling around with gnome-vfs.
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| curtis119 wrote: | Sorry, 2.8.3 is ~
You can emerge it like this:
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ARGH! Bad Gentooer! No cookie for you! 
You should use the /etc/portage/package.* files instead of things like ACCEPT_KEYWORDS and USE on the command-line. You should read the portage or emerge man pages for more information.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| codergeek42 wrote: | | curtis119 wrote: | Sorry, 2.8.3 is ~
You can emerge it like this:
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ARGH! Bad Gentooer! No cookie for you!
You should use the /etc/portage/package.* files instead of things like ACCEPT_KEYWORDS and USE on the command-line. You should read the portage or emerge man pages for more information. |
I know codergeek. I did say it wasn't the correct way to do it but it would still work. :shrug:
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| mattheweast wrote: | Since doing this I am having another problem: when I open xmms from the menu, and click (with either mouse button) on the xmms window, it closes. If I open it from a terminal (with the same command as is in the menu), the problem does not occur.
Does anyone know what might cause this problem?
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OK this problem is probably not caused by gnome-panel after all. I will look elsewhere  |
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| mattheweast wrote: | Since doing this I am having another problem: when I open xmms from the menu, and click (with either mouse button) on the xmms window, it closes. If I open it from a terminal (with the same command as is in the menu), the problem does not occur.
Does anyone know what might cause this problem?
thanks, Matt |
OK this problem is probably not caused by gnome-panel after all. I will look elsewhere |
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