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gunjah292

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From: Hamburg

Registered: 2011-05-05

Posts: 186

Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

I have two menu entries for every application, which is kind of annoying, because the menu needs more time to load at startup!

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vinayv

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From: Bangalore, India

Registered: 2008-08-11

Posts: 89

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

The menu is shown from .desktop files from various locations like /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications, ~/.local/share/applications, etc.. Check in these locations if you have any duplicate entries (2 or more .desktop files for the same application, at different locations).

mirandir

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Registered: 2010-11-09

Posts: 55

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Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

Hi,

I have a similar problem : applications are randomly duplicate in the gnome 3 menu. Sometimes it's only one, sometimes 15...

I have this bug since gnome-shell 3.0.1, with 3.0.0 it was ok.

And I haven't desktop files in /usr/local/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications.

Frustrating.

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triplesquarednine

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Registered: 2011-04-12

Posts: 630

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

I also had this issue,

and i do not have extra .desktop(s) in my file system. last time i checked was yesterday in gnome-shell.

But i am not really using Gnome-Shell, so it hasn't been a problem.

I just thought i would mention it, as i couldn't figure out what the problem was - and obviously other people are experiencing it too.

jordan

siriusb

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-01-01

Posts: 422

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

What is interesting, that sometimes I have duplicate enties, sometimes I haven't and sometimes it is not the same application

gunjah292

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From: Hamburg

Registered: 2011-05-05

Posts: 186

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

bugs, bugs , bugs!!!!

I got rid of that preoblem by going back to fallback mode, booting one time and then going back
to shell menu! Hope it works for you people as well!!

edit: no seems only to work sometimes, the icons change arbitrarily each time you reboot!

Last edited by gunjah292 (2011-05-06 07:08:16)

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siriusb

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-01-01

Posts: 422

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

I filed a bug on bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650164

mirandir

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Registered: 2010-11-09

Posts: 55

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Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

According to your bug repport, the problem will be solved in the next version.

For now, you can use your favorite text editor : open /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/appDisplay.js, go to line 129 and change

this._pendingAppIds.splice(0, i);

to

this._pendingAppIds.splice(0, i + 1);

It works

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siriusb

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-01-01

Posts: 422

Re: Two menu entries for every application in Gnome-Shell?!

@mirandir Thanks.