sub-zero Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I I tried to install OpenOffice from the Mandriva update mirrors today, and failed, the package had a bad signature and was corrupt. Then I decided to install the latest version of wine from their rpm. I installed it, but it wouldnt appear under emulators in the menu. So I rebooted my computer and when I got back I had no applications. So I went under root to try and fix it and when I used menudrake, the root menu dissapeared as well. The only thing on it is "run application" and nothing else. Can anyone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 You should run "menudrake" as user, not root. If it still doesn't work, then either delete your current KDE profile, or create a new user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub-zero Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) I've alread tried that. Even Root's aplications are missing. I cant create a new root account, can I? Besides,It's missing even in xfce4 and Gnome. [EDIT: It only works on KDE. KDE takes a lot of memory though, so can anyone help me get my Gnome and XFCE menu back?] Edited February 26, 2006 by sub-zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Before we start to do only CLI stuff, let's try the "newcomer-friendly" graphical approach. Log in as normal user (e.g. into IceWM) and launch a terminal (in Gnome, right click anywhere). Now log in as root (type "su", followed by password) and start e.g. Nautilus or Konqueror from there by issuing either "nautilus --browser" or "konqueror". Once a filebrowser pops up, activate "show hidden files" from the top menu. Go to /home/username. You should see lots of hidden entries now (e.g. /.gtk). Move all hidden files except your mail and webbrowser files (e.g. .evolution and .firefox) into a new folder. Then log out and log into KDE or Gnome again. The menus should be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub-zero Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Let me try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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