Package: xfdesktop4
Version: 4.8.1-1
Severity: important
Testing Xfce 4.8 in experimental, I discovered that the menus provided
by xfdesktop4 do not work: neither right-clicking on the desktop, nor
adding the Applications Menu button to a panel will work. Attempts to
use menus result in an error message
Unable to load menu: File "menus/applications.menu" not found
either in .xsession-errors (right-click) or in a visible dialog window
(Applications Menu button).
A little research led to a workaround. First, an applications menu
file is shipped with libgarcon-common:
$ dpkg -L libgarcon-common
[...]
/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Apparently, xfdesktop4 is looking for /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu
instead.
I did not know whether to file a bug against garcon or xfdesktop:
there is no bug in either package, merely miscommunication. I could
not find a way to configure xfdesktop4 to look for a different file
name, and I did not want to copy 'xfce-applications.menu' to
'applications.menu' in /etc/xdg/menus in case automagic updates would
only affect the original and not the copy!
For the time being, I have found the following workaround to solve the
problem:
# cd /etc/xdg/menus
# ln -s xfce-applications.menu applications.menu
The menu system starts working immediately, even without restarting
Xfce.
HTH,
Dave W.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (350, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc8+df110308.062ac622.110308.desktop.kms (SMP w/4 CPU
cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xfdesktop4 depends on:
ii exo-utils 0.6.0-2 Utility files for libexo
ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.6-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2.1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libexo-1-0 0.6.0-2 Library with extensions for Xfce
ii libgarcon-1-0 0.1.5-1 freedesktop.org compliant menu imp
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.1-1+b1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2. 0.5.0-2 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libthunarx-2-0 1.2.1-4 extension library for thunar
ii libwnck22 2.30.4-3 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.1-5 X11 client-side library
ii libxfce4ui-1-0 4.8.0-1 widget library for Xfce
ii libxfce4util4 4.8.1-1 Utility functions library for Xfce
ii libxfconf-0-2 4.8.0-2 Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii xfdesktop4-data 4.8.1-1 xfce desktop background, icons and
Versions of packages xfdesktop4 recommends:
ii dbus-x11 1.4.6-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gamin 0.1.10-2+b1 File and directory monitoring syst
ii librsvg2-common 2.32.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii xdg-user-dirs 0.13-2 tool to manage well known user dir
ii xfce4-utils 4.8.1-1 Various tools for Xfce
Versions of packages xfdesktop4 suggests:
ii menu 2.1.45 generates programs menu for all me
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