Re: New programs not displayed in start menu

the.edge@Net.yu adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear
to write:

> I noticed that when I install programs with YaST, sometimes it does> not display/provide the link in the start menu.
> However, that changes if I re-install the program.
>
> I'm using SuSE PRO 9.2. It does not happen all the time, just
> sometimes...Is this a bug or some wrong setting?
>
> Thank you.

You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will scan and

try and find new items to put in the menu.

Does not work 100% but can find some.

HTH
--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.

baskitcaise wrote:

> the.edge@Net.yu adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear
> to write:
>
>> I noticed that when I install programs with YaST, sometimes it does

>> not display/provide the link in the start menu.
>> However, that changes if I re-install the program.
>>
>> I'm using SuSE PRO 9.2. It does not happen all the time, just
>> sometimes...Is this a bug or some wrong setting?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will scan
and
> try and find new items to put in the menu.
>
> Does not work 100% but can find some.

Is that a 9.2 addition?
Doesn't appear on 9.1.

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:22:02 GMT
baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will scan
and
> try and find new items to put in the menu.
>
> Does not work 100% but can find some.

So far, I've been lucky and the few things I've added seem to show upok. Do you know, Mark, if this old trick (from about 7.x on) still
works:

kbuildsycoca --noincremental

??

--
Kevin Nathan (Arizona, USA)
Linux Potpourri and a.o.l.s. FAQ -- http://www.project54.com/linux/

Open standards. Open source. Open minds.
The command line is the front line.
Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default
8:34pm up 46 days 8:29, 11 users, load average: 0.14, 0.26, 0.26

the.edge@Net.yu adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear
to write:

>> > You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will
scan
>> > and try and find new items to put in the menu.
>> >
>> > Does not work 100% but can find some.
>
> So, it seems that this is a bug. I hope it'll be fixed in 9.3.
Thanks
> everyone, I'll try your methods!

Nah, not a bug just all depends if the package you install can be
added
to the menu

--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.

Kevin Nathan adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear
to
write:

> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:22:02 GMT
> baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will scan>> and try and find new items to put in the menu.
>>
>> Does not work 100% but can find some.
>
> So far, I've been lucky and the few things I've added seem to show
up
> ok. Do you know, Mark, if this old trick (from about 7.x on) still
> works:
>
> kbuildsycoca --noincremental
>
> ??
>

Sometimes Kevin,

I have not really gone into why some apps will be trapped and others
not, I suppose it is down to where they put themselves in the system.
There is something for my "todo when I have time" list, I have been
meaning to look at the "Updating Tool" to figure out exactly what goes

on and why it does not catch all it can.

Thank you

--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.

I tried menu updating tool.
It does find some missing stuff. However, if I delete the programs
from
the menu with menu editor, menu-updating-tool will NOT find it again,

even if programs are reinstalled!

Now, how this updating-tool *knows* what I have deleted?! Is that
still
available somewhere in the system?

I guess something here is a little buggy...KDE or SuSE?


> Kevin Nathan adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear
to
> write:
>
> > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:22:02 GMT
> > baskitcaise <baskitcaise@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> You could try Utilities>Desktop>Menu Updating Tool, this will
scan
> >> and try and find new items to put in the menu.
> >>
> >> Does not work 100% but can find some.
> >
> > So far, I've been lucky and the few things I've added seem to show
up
> > ok. Do you know, Mark, if this old trick (from about 7.x on) still

> > works:
> >
> > kbuildsycoca --noincremental
> >
> > ??
> >
>
> Sometimes Kevin,
>
> I have not really gone into why some apps will be trapped and others

> not, I suppose it is down to where they put themselves in the
system.
>
> There is something for my "todo when I have time" list, I have been> meaning to look at the "Updating Tool" to figure out exactly what
goes
> on and why it does not catch all it can.
>
> Thank you
>
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
>