[desktop-discuss] Missing applications from menu on nv_41

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 18:06 -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
> I have an installation[1] of nv_41 which, when logged in as root, 
> contains no applications on the main launch menu; by this I mean that 
> the "All Applications" sub-menu is empty, and the top-level entries for 
> web browser et al are missing.  Any suggestions on where to start in 
> figuring out why this is the case?
> 
> Dave
> 
> [1] This isn't a standard installation, it's a prototype for the Live 
> Media project, thus I'm assuming the problem is in the construction 
> process I'm using since my standard installs of nv_41 do not exhibit 
> this behavior.

I suspect this is because some postinstall stuff that normally gets
executed at first reboot never gets executed.  In build 41, these
commands are:
  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database
  /usr/bin/update-mime-database
  ls -d /usr/share/icons/* | xargs -l1 /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache

How exactly do you install the pkgs?

Laca