Hello Kees, Can you send me your menu.tar.gz file of your menu and /etc/desktop-profiles/*.listing please.
It's supposed to work correctly for groups unless you fall into this bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/menueditor/+bug/619226 Thanks Marc On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 14:08 +0800, Kees wrote: > On 08/09/10 13:07, Joseph Hartman wrote: > > I got it to work a while back. If I recall there are two apps to make it > > happen. The first allows you to specify which menus and sub menus appear > > for the user. Make your choices using the check boxes and save as the > > menu as a tarball on the desktop. Then open the second app. This one > > allows you to assign the tarball configuration to a specific group or > > user. If memory serves there are three windows in the second app, the > > left displays the users and or groups while the right side shows the > > tarball and the bottom shows the pairings between the two. You must > > first import the tarball. To do so right click in the blank space of the > > right side window and select "import" or whatever. Browse to the desktop > > and select the tarball to import it. If I recall you must change the > > browser to look for "all files" before it will see the tarball. Once you > > have imported the tarball into the second app, click and drag it from > > the right side of the second app window onto the user/group in the left > > side window. If this is done correctly then a new entry should show up > > on the bottom window of the second app. Click file and save to save the > > configuration and you should be ready to rock. I encountered a few bugs, > > but for the most part it worked as advertised, although I only ever used > > it for specific users, not groups. Let us know how it goes. Best > > regards, -Joe > > This exactly what I am doing and it does not seem to have any effect. > > Maybe the problem is that I am assigning it to a group, but it seems to > suggest that is what you can do. > > Thank you for your help though. > > Kees > > (btw if you name the tarball <anything>.tar.gz it will see it > immediately in the browser, any other extension and you need to select > 'all files', even with .tgz) > > > > > On Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM, "Kees" <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I am trying to assign a menu structure to a group of users, using the > >> 'menu-editor' and the 'edubuntu-menu-editor profile manager' but I must > >> be doing something wrong here. I am doing the following" > >> > >> * New Edubuntu 10.04 install with LTSP according to: > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/installLTSPlucid > >> * Create new user (modelstudent) > >> * Create new group (student) and assign modelstudent to it > >> * Edit and save menu: StudentMenu.tar.gz > >> * Assign Menu to group 'student' > >> > >> (at the point even tried rebooting, ltsp-update-*) > >> > >> * Log in on LTSP terminal, and just get the full menu > >> > >> How can I get the edited menu for all students in group 'student'? I > >> have searched and googled a lot in the last few days, but the > >> documentation on this seems extremely sparse. > >> > >> If anyone can help me that would be much appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Kees > >> > >> -- > >> edubuntu-users mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
