On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 09:25:23AM +0100, haaber wrote: > On 03/10/2017 08:05 PM, cooloutac wrote: > >>>>>> Hello, > >>>>>> I realise with surprise that some items in the "Q"-symbol that gives > >>>>>> the > >>>>>> xfce menu have disappeared: the settings menu (!), the link to a dom0 > >>>>>> termnal & the link to debian-8 template. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is there a way to recreate these items? Bernhard > >>>>> > >>> > >>> To recreate the debian-8 menu you should be able to run > >>> qvm-sync-appmenus. (You'll need to start the template first.) > >>> This is referred to at www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-appvm-shortcuts > >>> > >>> There have been numerous threads about using and abusing the menu > >>> system in xfce - please search and read them before posting here. > >> > >> main problem with xfce menu editor is it doesn't let you "abuse" it lol. > >> like creating or deleting new entries. Which would be much easier then > >> editing some files like a developer. > >> > >> Would that command also help other default shortcuts like shortcut for > >> dom0 desktop settings? > > > > Actually I gotta say Bernhard if that happened to me I would freak the > > heck out and probably reinstall the whole system from another iso. Do you > > know how it happened or what you were doing possibly cuased it, if I'm > > understanding you correctly? You are missing the settings shortcut? Were > > you tinkering with anything? > > This is not the only 'strange' thing, and I wait the first occasion of 1 > day without anything good to do to reinstall everything. Hope this > happens before Q4 comes out .. I already tested emergency backup of > data, via a live-usb key break-in into my crypto-descs. Knowing that I > am able to do that is relaxing a lot :) > > So: Unman's command worked for debian menu item, but it does not work > for dom0. > Would be too easy! But he pointed a page to read, so I rtfm. > > Thnaks a lot, guys! Bernhard >
Hello Berhard, I should apologise for the tone of my last email to you, which was pretty short. It was the end of a stressful day. Xfce menus are (relatively) easy to understand. There are environment variables that are important: you can see these by running 'env|grep XDG' in dom0. XDG_DATA_DIRS, XDG_MENU_PREFIX and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS are important in this context. My guess is that you have CONFIG_DIRS at /etc/xdg. That mean that your menus are sourced from /etc/xdg/menus. If XDG_MENU_PREFIX is xfce- then the main menu will be at /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu None of the other files in that directory matter for the moment. Menus are built by combining the contents of .desktop files, and a bit of magic to group them together. It's the .desktop files that are important. These are found (among other places) in XDG_DATA_DIRS - usually /usr/share/applications and /usr/local/share/applications If ALL your dom0 entries have disappeared then I suspect that the desktop files have been deleted from those directories, or moved. So, have a look in /usr//share/applications - there should be many .desktop files. If there aren't all is not lost - you can look for them using 'find -name *desktop' as root - I'd look in /lib., /usr and /var. NB Dont get excited about any desktop files you see in xfce/helpers - those aren't what you want. What you want are files that aren't prefixed "qubes", but just say (e.g xfce4-terminal.desktop) If you find one open it in a text editor and make sure that it contains a line "Exec " If you have a fedora template then you could look in the /etc/share/applications folder there, find the desktop files you want and copy them to dom0. There isn't a simple way of doing this but there is a guide here: www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/ Alternatively, reinstalling the packages you are concerned about should, I think, reinstate the desktop files. sudo dnf reinstall <package> Or you could write your own .desktop file, or search for one on the web. If you are really stuck I can send you some. Note that you don't need ALL the shortcuts for dom0, because you wouldn't/shouldn't be running programs there- so you only need menu entries for the programs that you do need - probably terminal and Settings manager. Once you have the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications, the menu entries should reappear - you can force this by running "xfdesktop --reload", or by logging out and logging back in. I hope this is of some help. If you need further help let us know. unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170311124429.GA22253%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
