Drew Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 (edited) not quite sure where to post this! Im having a problem, I just installed mandrake 9.2 a couple hours ago, ive never used linux as a desktop before, but i am experienced with linux. anyway, my problem is that, after I install packages from the mandrake package installer.. a whole bunch of thigns just disappear from my menu??? (whole folders, single apps, etc..) :unsure: I have to open drakemenu and refresh it, then save. that fixs the problem.. but im pretty sure thats not supposed to happen :P any help is appreciated thanks, Drew Edited January 21, 2004 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yes, that is a known screwball problem! I don't recall which update fixes this exactly, but with around 300 MB of updates, you should no doubt install them all. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 thanks! Im only getting 135mb of updates though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Open a commandline terminal if you still can. If not hit the ctrl-alt-f1 key. This will take you to a commandline and you should loggin as root. type in the command: update-menus -v This should fix the problem. After the menues are updated type in the command(hit enter if it stops for over a minute. It stalled on me also. logout this will get you out of root on that screen. ( It's never good to leave a running login unused) hit the ctrl-alt-f7 this should take you back to the GUI you were in. Post back any trouble or questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 thanks, after the updates I havent had it occur again though. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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