I had the same problem on Feisty (upgraded from Edgy), but for me the solution wasn't in the .local directory, but in the .config directory.
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/frans/.config/menus/applications.menu' so after sudo chown -R <user>:<user> .config Alacarte worked as advertised. -- Alacarte doesn't take anything into account or crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66705 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs