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ILoveJapaneseGirls

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Registered: 2009-09-05

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Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

Hi folks, that's it.. the menu items (from Main Menu) in LXDE only show for root user, it's empty for average users.

I tried their wiki (http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Main_Menu), but didn't find a solution to this problem.

So, how should I procceed?

Thanks!

Last edited by ILoveJapaneseGirls (2009-10-19 08:28:05)

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

each user has it's own config file in ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml, so you should just add some items for your current user. you can do this by hand or use any of the menu editors. more information here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox

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loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

What is the point of the photo of the girl??

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ILoveJapaneseGirls

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Registered: 2009-09-05

Posts: 72

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

I have this file >> ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml << that I copied from root, but it's still not working, even with obmenu.

I'll try to uninstall and reinstall LXDE again, maybe it works after it.

By the way... is this related to groups in any way? My regular user is in group "users".

Thanks.

knedlyk

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From: L'viv, Ukraine

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 164

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Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

How did you login to LXDE session? From GDM or startx?

Take a look into ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml , there are the following lines:

<menu>
  <!-- You can specify more than one menu file in here and they are all loaded,
       just don't make menu ids clash or, well, it'll be kind of pointless -->

  <!-- default menu file (or custom one in $HOME/.config/openbox/) -->
  <file>/usr/share/lxde/openbox/menu.xml</file>

Check permissions on /usr/share/lxde/openbox/menu.xml and ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml.

Chadi

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Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

Do you meen the menu shown in lxpanel? Take a look at this http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXPanel
You should then check the content and the permissions of the files in ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE/panels

ILoveJapaneseGirls

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Registered: 2009-09-05

Posts: 72

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

Thank You guys, I solved the problem!

I chmodded 777 all folders for my user under /home directory, and changed their owner to my user and their group to "users" (instead of root:root)

I don't know if it's the best solution (probably not), I still have a lot to learn of Linux, but what matters is that it works now.

I'll start studying more with this book "Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition" (you can find it on Torrent or aMule); it seems to be a good beginning.

So, if no one has anything to add anymore, please change this topic to [SOLVED].

Thank you!

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

I chmodded 777 all folders for my user under /home directory, and changed their owner to my user and their group to "users" (instead of root:root)

I think chmodding the directories in your home directory with 755 would be sufficient for your needs.

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Menu items in LXDE only show for root. [SOLVED]

So, if no one has anything to add anymore, please change this topic to [SOLVED].

you can do this yourself by editing the opening post

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