Installed applications missing from GNOME menu. [SOLVED]

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 19:58:22

I've just installed evince (PDF viewer) and texworks (tex typesetting editor) and they are both working fine, only they are missing from the Application menu in GNOME. I would like to access both from this menu without executing them from terminal everytime. I tried google it, but can't find any solutions to it. (Or possibly, I don't seem to understand them )

Any tips?

Last edited by nybegynner (2010-12-22 21:49:48)

codycarey · 2010-09-16 20:01:03

Do you have FAM or Gamin installed?

Last edited by codycarey (2010-09-16 20:01:17)

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 20:09:58

I have FAM installed.

codycarey · 2010-09-16 20:14:17

You should replace FAM with Gamin and see if that resolves the issue.

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 20:36:32

I replaced FAM with Gamin and rebooted, but they are still missing from the menu.

Last edited by nybegynner (2010-09-16 20:39:39)

codycarey · 2010-09-16 20:41:34

If you've replaced it you might make sure 'fam' is out of your DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf and reboot. If that doesn't work then try reinstalling the applications in question. Let me know if either of those don't work.

loafer · 2010-09-16 20:44:46

It's nothing to do with fam or gamin. It's just hidden. Right click, Edit Menus, Graphics and select Document Viewer.

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 20:58:28

I edited the /etc/rc.conf before I rebooted and reinstalled evince. I did not manage to reinstall texworks (I installed from the AUR with makepkg), but evince was still missing as well. The programs are installed as followed I believe:

$ whereis texworks evince
texworks: /usr/bin/texworks
evince: /usr/bin/evince /usr/lib/evince /usr/include/evince /usr/share/evince /usr/share/man/man1/evince.1.gz

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 21:00:44

loafer wrote:

It's nothing to do with fam or gamin. It's just hidden. Right click, Edit Menus, Graphics and select Document Viewer.

I doesn't show up in the Edit Menus either..

loafer · 2010-09-16 21:04:49

What was listed after you selected Graphics?

wonder · 2010-09-16 21:06:48

DEFAULT gnome developers have configured evince to not be showed in menu.

it has in /usr/share/applications/evince.desktop :

NoDisplay=true

codycarey · 2010-09-16 21:08:14

loafer wrote:

It's nothing to do with fam or gamin. It's just hidden. Right click, Edit Menus, Graphics and select Document Viewer.

Ah that would make sense. It's been a while since I used Gnome.

nybegynner · 2010-09-16 21:14:47

wonder wrote:

DEFAULT gnome developers have configured evince to not be showed in menu.
it has in /usr/share/applications/evince.desktop :
NoDisplay=true

I edited the line to

NoDisplay=false

in the file /usr/share/applications/evince.desktop, and Graphics -> Document Viewer magically appeared. Thanks!

The only thing that remain gone from the menu is Texworks.

Last edited by nybegynner (2010-09-16 21:17:01)

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