Problems with menu editor and writing system configuration

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kenewton

Beginner

Posts: 3

Sunday, November 7th 2004, 3:06am

Problems with menu editor and writing system configuration

I searched the forums for a thread that covers this problem, but I couldn't find one that matches it exactly. If one exists, please point me to it.

My problem is this: I was rearranging my start menu to unclutter it, periodically saving the changes as I went. While modifying the Games submenu, I clicked the Save icon. The Updating System Configuration status window openedas usual. But, when it hit 15% complete, it suddenly jumped to 100% and closed. When I checked the start menu, the Games submenu was messed up: items I deleted were still displayed; entries were duplicated; new folders (which I hadn't created) had shown up.

I don't know how to correct this problem. No matter how much I edit the menu, I continue to get the abbreviated configuration save process and a Games menu that gets more and more corrupted.

So I have two problems I need help with.
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My immediate problem: repairing my start menu.

My long term problem: resolving the abbreviated system configuration saving process to keep this from happening in the future.
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In case it makes any difference, I'm running KDE 3.3.1 on Fedora Core 2. I've only been using Linux for about a month now, so I have a lot to learn.

Regards,

Kent[/list]

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cmbofh

Intermediate

Posts: 539

Sunday, November 7th 2004, 7:35am

Re: Problems with menu editor and writing system configurati

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Original von kenewton

My problem is this: I was rearranging my start menu to unclutter it, periodically saving the changes as I went. While modifying the Games submenu, I clicked the Save icon. The Updating System Configuration status window openedas usual. But, when it hit 15% complete, it suddenly jumped to 100% and closed. When I checked the start menu, the Games submenu was messed up: items I deleted were still displayed; entries were duplicated; new folders (which I hadn't created) had shown up.

I don't know how to correct this problem. No matter how much I edit the menu, I continue to get the abbreviated configuration save process and a Games menu that gets more and more corrupted.

So I have two problems I need help with.
[list]
My immediate problem: repairing my start menu.
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[list]See if you find any entries for the games under ~/.local/share/applications/ . If you do, delete them or move them away. Does that help?

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Original von kenewton

[list]My long term problem: resolving the abbreviated system configuration saving process to keep this from happening in the future.
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[list]I don't know what this is about, but it sounds like a bug. I'd recommend going to http://bugs.kde.org/ and search for the symptoms you describe. Maybe there's a workaround? If you don't find anything then please create a new bug report.[/list][/list]

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cmbofh

Intermediate

Posts: 539

Sunday, November 7th 2004, 7:43am

Re: Problems with menu editor and writing system configurati

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Original von cmbofh

See if you find any entries for the games under ~/.local/share/applications/ . If you do, delete them or move them away. Does that help?

I'm afraid that's not it. Sorry.

But I found the following: ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu
Take a look at that file and edit or delete it.

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kenewton

Beginner

Posts: 3

Sunday, November 7th 2004, 5:16pm

Thanks!

Thanks, cmbofh. That solved my problem. From now on, whenever I successfully update my menu, I'm backing up that file...just in case.

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