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#1 2007-08-21 15:35:18
- brucebertrand
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Program not showing in Gnome menus
A program that I use regularly, Ardour, does not show up in my Gnome menu.
The package has a .desktop file, and its installed in /usr/share/applications/ along with lots of others.
It's not hidden, or even present, in the menu editor.
What could be causing it to not show in the menu?
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#2 2007-08-21 15:46:14
- Cerebral
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Re: Program not showing in Gnome menus
try running
update-desktop-databaseand see if that helps.
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#3 2007-08-21 19:00:19
- brucebertrand
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Re: Program not showing in Gnome menus
Hmm...
[user@localhost ~]$ update-desktop-database
No directories in update-desktop-database search path could be processed and updated.Offline
#4 2007-08-22 17:46:17
- Cerebral
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Re: Program not showing in Gnome menus
try with sudo?
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#5 2007-08-22 17:49:12
- brucebertrand
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Re: Program not showing in Gnome menus
with sudo I don't get an error message, which I assume means that it worked...but still no menu item...:(
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#6 2007-08-22 19:56:18
- CavalierBob
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Re: Program not showing in Gnome menus
Try to edit the .desktop file and change the line:
Categories=GTK;Audio;AudioVideoEditing;Multimediato
Categories=GTK;Audio;AudioVideoEditing;Multimedia;AudioVideoI have looked at every .desktop file I have in the Gnome menu under Applications>Sound and Video and ALL have a catagory of 'AudioVideo'. Could be why Ardour is not showing up in the menu.
You might have to update the database using the info from Cerebral.
If this works you should email the maintainer with the change.
Bob
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