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Fatih

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From: Ankara-Türkiye

Registered: 2005-12-17

Posts: 67

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Xfce menu is broken

Hi,

My menu is broken since 2 weeks. And i don't know how to fix it. Any ideas ?

Version:
Xfce 4 Desktop Environment
version 4.4.0 (Xfce 4.4)

junglepeanut

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From: California

Registered: 2007-01-24

Posts: 145

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Re: Xfce menu is broken

Delete the menu file xfce4 will autogenerate a new one..you might want to just move it first in case the problem is more serious.

jasper

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From: NL

Registered: 2006-08-09

Posts: 2

Re: Xfce menu is broken

Could it be you are using the svn version of Xfce? The menu system is being rewritten.

Fatih

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From: Ankara-Türkiye

Registered: 2005-12-17

Posts: 67

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Re: Xfce menu is broken

@junglepeanut

I've tried it, but it wasn't successful

@jasper

I'm using the extra one, not the svn

I see that Xfce 4.4.1 is in the repos now. May be the new code could fix it. Let's try

junglepeanut

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From: California

Registered: 2007-01-24

Posts: 145

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Re: Xfce menu is broken

I would send you mine but I doubt we have the same programs installed...

If upgrading doesn't work you could just rebuild using xfce4's tool or one of the many menu builders out there mmaker is ok, no icons and it lists a lot of stuff. (Save your original as you may not like the way this looks and configuring it with icons could take a while but there are other programs out there.)

Fatih

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From: Ankara-Türkiye

Registered: 2005-12-17

Posts: 67

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Re: Xfce menu is broken

With the new version, the problem disappear. But now system submenu(below) isn't shown

w0c45_x86

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From: CZ, Pilsen

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 21

Re: Xfce menu is broken

I have similar problem, after upgrade from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1... see the screenshot. Before upgrading was everything ok....

I have tried to select another icon theme, but it dont help me...

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9546 … 441zn6.png

stjepan

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Registered: 2006-07-02

Posts: 76

Re: Xfce menu is broken

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Last edited by stjepan (2022-09-20 21:46:12)

w0c45_x86

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From: CZ, Pilsen

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 21

Re: Xfce menu is broken

Make a backup of your config: mv ~/.config ~/config_backup
Log out and log in XFCE.
Now restore the config: rm -rf ~/.config && mv ~/config_backup ~/.config
Log out and log in XFCE.

This has solved the problems for me.

For me not

DaNiMoTh

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Registered: 2006-06-10

Posts: 260

Re: Xfce menu is broken

It is because xfdesktop crashes ( segfault )

wideeye

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Registered: 2006-09-30

Posts: 32

Re: Xfce menu is broken

w0c45_x86: try this:
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t /usr/share/icons/hicolor/

this fixed it for me, no trouble with xfdesktop crashing for me.

from what i have found this needs to be run everytime you add icons, or the installer has to change the mtime of the dir, this isn't happening with xfce so...

w0c45_x86

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From: CZ, Pilsen

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 21

Re: Xfce menu is broken

w0c45_x86: try this:
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t /usr/share/icons/hicolor/

this fixed it for me, no trouble with xfdesktop crashing for me.

from what i have found this needs to be run everytime you add icons, or the installer has to change the mtime of the dir, this isn't happening with xfce so...

Yes, thanks a lot.... icons are now ok