[arch-general] All kdemod3 menu apps in "Lost & Found" menu folder + control panel apps gone - how to get back?

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Mon Jul 19 01:36:51 EDT 2010


On 07/18/2010 11:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Help! Something (probably that fricking kde4) has caused almost every menu item
> to end up in the "Lost & Found" kde3 menu folder off the main menu. I don't know
> where that folder is so I can try an move the items back.
>
> Also, what ever happened also caused all kde3 control panel entries to disappear
> from the control panel. Now I don't have a control panel any more:
>
> 23:22 alchemy:/opt/kde/share/applications/kde> kcmshell --list
> The following modules are available:
>
> Huh?
>
> The only thing I have done menu wise is to edit the Gnome menu, but that
> shouldn't have trashed my kde3 menu and control panel. Can anyone offer any
> ideas where all the missing apps are. Where is this "Lost & Found" place all the
> menu items went? Here is a screenshot of what I see when I move over the "Lost &
> Found" menu item.
>
> (131k)
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/Archlinux/bugs/kde3-lost+found-menu.jpg
>
> It is frustrating as hell to have everything setup just the way you like it and
> then have some unrelated process fsck it all up. I've been in gnome for the past
> week or so and this is the first time I've booted back to kde3. Go figure.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I have had the disappearing menus and control panel issue before in kde3 on
> SuSE, but never in Arch - now Arch has been bitten by this bug. Hopefully we can
> find the cause. Surely alacarte is to blame... Is it?
>

It had something to do with something I did because I have 2 other x86_64 Arch 
boxes with kdemod3 on them and they are both fine.

Can anyone think of which directories/configs to compare to see if I can copy a 
config back or move files and get my config back? With the other boxes, I have 
an easy comparison, I just don't know where to start comparing. I know the usual 
places to start looking for the configs and menu configs, but if anybody is 
familiar with the problem or where the "lost & found" menu entry and files are 
drawn from, that would really help.

Thanks.

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