ok, solved the "properties" button uses gnome-desktop-item-edit, which is shipped with gnome-panel I had to run sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
the mystery is why Ubuntu didn't give any feedback whatsoever using that button, if a button silently fails... that's a bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884498 Title: "main menu" editor, application properties not opening Status in “alacarte” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The properties window for any application in the "main menu" editor does not open at all I am on 11.10 AMD64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/884498/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
