[Portland] start menu entries do not show up after xdg-desktop-menu install

[wwp]

Hello Stefan,


On Wed, 20 May 2009 16:53:13 +0200 Stefan Wachter <Stefan.Wachter at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have one .directory and a couple of .desktop files. I tried to install
> these using
> 
> xdg-desktop-menu install file1.directory file2.desktop file3.desktop
> file4.desktop file5.desktop
> 
> The command returns with no error but the entries do not show up in the
> start menu. Then I tried to install them withouth the directory using
> 
> xdg-desktop-menu install file2.desktop file3.desktop file4.desktop
> file5.desktop
> 
> Again, the command returned without error, but no entries showed up.
> After I had set the XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL to 999 I repeated the above
> command and saw the command did write into various locations with no
> sign of an error (see log below).
> 
> I use OpenSuse 11.1 with KDE 4.1.3. Does anyone have an idea what could
> be wrong? Thanks for your attention,

I wouldn't expect this with a SuSe 11, but I noticed that according to
the distro and the desktop (Gnome, KDE, etc.), you have to logout/login
your graphical (X11/X.org) sessions to see new additions to the desktop
or menu.


Regards,

> --Stefan
> 
> update_submenu
> Install locations for *.menu file:
> xdg_user_dir: /home/swachter/.config/menus/applications-merged
> xdg_global_dir: /applications-merged
> kde_user_dir:
> kde_global_dir:
> gnome_user_dir:
> gnome_global_dir:
> Install locations for *.directory files:
> xdg_user_dir: /home/swachter/.local/share/desktop-directories
> xdg_global_dir:
> kde_user_dir:
> kde_global_dir:
> gnome_user_dir:
> gnome_global_dir:
> Install locations for *.desktop files:
> xdg_user_dir: /home/swachter/.local/share/applications
> xdg_global_dir:
> kde_user_dir: /home/swachter/.kde/share/applnk
> kde_global_dir:
> gnome_user_dir: /home/swachter/.gnome/apps
> gnome_global_dir:
> install polfha-starten.desktop in
> /home/swachter/.local/share/applications
> /home/swachter/.kde/share/applnk /home/swachter/.
> gnome/apps
> make_lazy_default
> /home/swachter/.local/share/applications/polfha-starten.desktop
> 
> 
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wwp
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