Re: Updating Gnome menu without logout/login

[George Chelidze <wrath@geo.net.ge>]

Liam O'Toole wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:43:59 +0400
> George Chelidze <wrath@geo.net.ge> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have the following problem with my sarge installation:
> >
> > When I install a new desktop application and if it has a
> > correspondent item in a menu, I can see it in debian menu but not in
> > my gnome menu before I logout and login again. Is there any way to
> > update gnome menu without logout/login or executing any command? It's
> > not very "production critical" issue, however it would be very nice
> > to have this functionality.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >    
>
> Do you have fam or gamin installed and running?  IIRC one of those is
> required for the behaviour you require, at least in the case of Sarge.
>
> The brute-force solution is simply to kill gnome-panel (don't worry,
> gnome-session will restart it):
>
>    pkill gnome-panel
>
> But that could cause consternation in a multi-user environment :-)
>
>  
Seems fam partially fixed the problem (I have installed gnome-games for 
testing purposses, menu didn't update before logout/login, however it 
updated as soon as I install gqview). I'll try to do some more tests and 
let you know.

Thank you very much for your helpfull tip.

Best Regards,

George