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pranabesh
01-30-2003, 11:47 AM
I am having a typical problem with menu. As stated whenever some app is installed, Menudrake will add it to the menu. But in my machine though the rpmdrake is telling Astronomy/Chemistry/mplayer etc are installed, the menu shows nothing! For example, the Science group only shows Mathematics. I am a newbie and totally confused. Pls help me! Thanks.
pranabesh
02-02-2003, 01:02 AM
Pls...can anyone help me?
BigFatJoe
02-02-2003, 01:18 AM
http://www.trylinuxsd.com/kde2/pages/kde17.html

looks like you could try to use the kmenuedit to fix your menu. I would also look at you home directory. I would think your menu would be in some config file you could edit by hand. Maybe ~/.menu or ~/.kde/menu, or something. Dont know how the directory structure goes in MDK or kde, but its worth a look.

:EDIT:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Spotlight/MenuDrake/
looks like there's also a "MenuDrake" proggy to edit your menu???
Neuro521
02-02-2003, 08:42 AM
I've had the same problem.
Try logging out of your current KDE session then log back in and the new menu entries should be showing.
pranabesh
02-03-2003, 04:56 AM
The problem I faced is just the opposite! When, for example, I installed VariCAD, it appeared in the Applications menu. Now I logged out with saving the session and next time I logged in...it's gone! It is installed in the /opt dir, but I had to add it again in menu manually. Is it supposed to happen?
Neuro521
02-05-2003, 11:50 PM
No, it's not supposed to happen.
I installed several rpms today and noticed that menu entries for other packages disappeared afterward and I also seem to now have 2 of every entry in configuration > printing. :confused:
JohnT
02-06-2003, 12:01 AM
Just right-click on KDE start menu button and access the menu editor and edit your menu's appropriatly. This isn't a perfect world, but you can edit. If your installs are there and they work it's a simple matter. Sometime it calls to save your editing before closing the editor.
pnuts
02-06-2003, 08:01 PM
I just have a icon on the desktop for things I use often. Its easier than looking in the menu
BigFatJoe
02-06-2003, 09:30 PM
Originally posted by pnuts
I just have a icon on the desktop for things I use often. Its easier than looking in the menu

even more efficient are key-bindings.

<and the rest you can just launch from an aterm>