Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
On Friday, May 14, 1999 at 15:53:16 -0800, Adam Shand wrote: so it looks like root isn't supposed to be able to do this. This may be because root account is intended only for certain administrative tasks. For everything else, one should (create and) use a normal user account. I don't believe there is much, if anything, that would require X11 in the list of things that require one to be root at the time. -- PGP Public Key available on request: Type Bits/KeyIDDate User ID pub 1024/CFED2D11 1998/03/05 Lazarus Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key fingerprint = 98 2A 56 34 16 76 D5 21 39 93 99 EA 89 D4 B5 A2
Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
It may not be pretty or proper but it seems to work. Putting this is either ~/.menu/ or /etc/menu and running update-menus as a user or root causes the menu item to appear properly. Hope this helps. Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't seem to work in /root/.menu. Checking the output of update-menus doesn't even indicate it even checks /root/.menu. So I have not been able to remove the netscape entries from Apps/net, yet. i was poking around here and found this in the man page for update-menus. ~/.menu/* Menu files added by the user. (Isn't read if root runs update-menus) so it looks like root isn't supposed to be able to do this. adam.
Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
Subject: Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2 Date: Fri, May 14, 1999 at 03:53:16PM -0800 In reply to:Adam Shand Quoting Adam Shand([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It may not be pretty or proper but it seems to work. Putting this is either ~/.menu/ or /etc/menu and running update-menus as a user or root causes the menu item to appear properly. Hope this helps. Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't seem to work in /root/.menu. Checking the output of update-menus doesn't even indicate it even checks /root/.menu. So I have not been able to remove the netscape entries from Apps/net, yet. i was poking around here and found this in the man page for update-menus. ~/.menu/* Menu files added by the user. (Isn't read if root runs update-menus) so it looks like root isn't supposed to be able to do this. I didn't read it like that. I thought it meant that if ~user/.menu had an item it wouldn't be picked up by root running update-menus. It never occured to me that it wouldn't allow root to do it for him/her self. Shades of RedHat, root isn't smart enough to run Netscape (because it's a Security issue) and just to rub it in he can't remove it from his X menu! -- Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
Subject: Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE Date: Sun, May 09, 1999 at 05:50:07PM -0700 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I don't know if this will help, but I encountered problems myself with update-menus, being unable to add menu entries for certain packages. However I was able to manage a workaround by prefixing the package name with a local. For example: ?package(local.Eterm):\ needs=X11\ section=Personal\ title=Eterm\ command=/usr/bin/Eterm --theme custom --name Eterm It may not be pretty or proper but it seems to work. Putting this is either ~/.menu/ or /etc/menu and running update-menus as a user or root causes the menu item to appear properly. Hope this helps. MBG Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't seem to work in /root/.menu. Checking the output of update-menus doesn't even indicate it even checks /root/.menu. So I have not been able to remove the netscape entries from Apps/net, yet. Thanks for the post -- User n.: A programmer who will believe anything you tell him. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I don't know if this will help, but I encountered problems myself with update-menus, being unable to add menu entries for certain packages. However I was able to manage a workaround by prefixing the package name with a local. For example: Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't seem to work in /root/.menu. Just a thought... does your root account have the $HOME env variable set? update-menus uses that to find the .menu dir It almost sounds like update-menus isn't reading your packages file correctly.. The local. makes update-menus skip the check on whether the package is installed. Apparently it's reading the menu file correctly, but it cannot figure out whether the package is installed or not. Try this: dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/[ \t]*\\(install\\|hold\\)$//p' | grep tcd If it doesn't show anything then something's really wrong.. -- Andrew Chung[EMAIL PROTECTED] See http://anderoo.dhs.org/~anderoo/pgp.html for PGP key It's a sin only if you dwell on the what ifs and the but ifs
Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2
Subject: Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2 Date: Mon, May 10, 1999 at 01:02:25PM -0400 In reply to:Andrew Chung Quoting Andrew Chung([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I don't know if this will help, but I encountered problems myself with update-menus, being unable to add menu entries for certain packages. However I was able to manage a workaround by prefixing the package name with a local. For example: Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't seem to work in /root/.menu. Just a thought... does your root account have the $HOME env variable set? update-menus uses that to find the .menu dir Yes echo $HOME /root It almost sounds like update-menus isn't reading your packages file correctly.. The local. makes update-menus skip the check on whether the package is installed. Apparently it's reading the menu file correctly, but it cannot figure out whether the package is installed or not. Try this: dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/[ \t]*\\(install\\|hold\\)$//p' | grep tcd tcd install I no longer have gtcd in /root/.menu Even when I did the log did not show any Reading menuentryfiles in /root/.menu It did show /etc/menu and /usr/lib/menu entries tho. BTW Andrew, I tried to update my potato dist last night to see what the menu program looked like there. Busted (the distribution). Can't connect to the net anymore, its coming up with the error (can't find /user/.ppprc file. Haven't got time to troubleshoot it now but I will soon. Wayne -- | LINUX - Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste..on WinDoze | ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
