Guest stodge Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 I booted into Mandrake this morning, and the main menu is almost empty! The only menu options left are: Bookmarks Quick Browser Run Command Lock Screen Logout The quick launch icons have also vanished from the task bar! I can still run applications using "Run Command" though. Is there anything I can do to regenerate the menus as they used to be, or do I have to re-install? ALso the KDE Control Centre is empty; it contains no icons! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 try running menudrake (i believe that's the name of the program) you can use it to regenerate the menus, or edit/configure them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stodge Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Alrighty let me try that. THanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stodge Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Well it worked in a way..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 no prob! glad i actually remembered a command from mandrake... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stodge Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Sorry - I edited my post to reflect the situation. The menu is populated again, but not as it was when Mandrake was installed - the sub menus are all wrong. If I add applications to the task bar they don't have icons, and I can't edit their properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stodge Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 The control centre is still empty, so I will have to re-install. Ah well, it's only the fifth time this week! :) Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Unless you are experimenting with breaking things (like I do!) there is no reason to reinstall a linux system. I am suspicious of a hardware problem. Many times a system problem is a symptom of a failure, rather than a software error. Mandrake is a stable distro, so consider eveluating your hardware. (Only mswindex breaks at scheduled times. Bill likes you to spend money every 6 months or so :wink: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbman Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 I found that running Mandrake Update, also hoses the menu and Icons and some apps won't even launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 In the last four days i've found that urpmi updating my system hoses everything. I loose everything in KDE from the terminal to all menu entries. Gnome works but all of KDE gets fried. For the next week I'll not be updating anything KDE related enmass. Just one thing at a time. Though I will keep testing to find out exactly which app does it. I'll start with things outside of KDE then go onto the base/core KDE stuff if I haven't found it yet. My normal install from cdrom is stable even with the .22 kernel and Nvidia installed. As soon as I find the one that breaks it I'll post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbman Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 As root, then as any impacted users, do "update-menus -v". If this fails to complete, try removing the Fluxbox method script from /etc/menu-methods/ From TWiki I may try this later, I'm tired of doing reinstalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbman Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 (edited) Forgive the bump, I just can't believe only 2 users have their kde menu's hosed updating. Edited January 8, 2004 by gabbman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Have you tried any or all of the methods in TR-02 in our FAQ section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbman Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 My bad, I looked in their too, ... gotta check these tri-focals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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