Main menu not refreshed after package installation

[Julien Olivier]

If I install a new package (glade in my case) using synaptic, the main menu
doesn't reflect the change until I kill gnome-panel.

I'm sure, though, that FAM is running and working because if I type "mkdir
~/Desktop/test" in a terminal, I can see the new "test" folder on the desktop
immediately.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155409: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155409

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

No problem here ... do you still have the problem ? If if move/change a file in
/usr/share/applications/ the changes are immediatly displayed.

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Actually the problem seems to happen only when you install packages that add a
new category in the main menu. Here is an example:

 - make sur you don't have a "Développement" submenu in the main menu (my
desktop is in French locale)
 - install glade-2
 - look at the menu
 - nothing new appeared
 - killall gnome-panel
 - now, there is a new "Développement" sub-menu containing glade
 - uninstall glade
 - look at the menu
 - no more "Développement" sub-menu, but an empty "programming" sub-menu
 - killall gnome-panel
 - no more "programming" sub-menu

Strange, isn't it ?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

I've reported the issue upstream:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155409

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

this is fixed with the new menu system in hoary

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Today (running an up to date Hoary), I've installed Firestarter and I couldn't
see any entry for it unitl I killed gnome-panel. Then I had an entry in
Applications -> System Tools.

Later on, I removed Firestarter, and its entry remained in the main menu until I
killed it again.

Reopening...

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Note that Firestarter doesn't need to create a new category in the main menu, so
this is not really related to the use-case described in comment #2, and thus to
the upstream bug located here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155409.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

so that's not really this bug but a new one. Do you have gam_server running ?

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Yes, gam_server is running. And if I type "touch ~/Desktop/test", a file named
"test" appears on Nautilus' desktop.

Here's an interesting experience I did:
 - I typed "sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gaim.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gaim2.desktop" and I didn't get a new gaim entry.
 - Then, I tried "sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gaim.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gaim3.desktop" about 5 minutes later, and I got 3 gaim
entries in the menu.

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Here is a follow up:
 - I removed Firestarter, and it remained in the main menu
 - I typed "sudo rm /usr/share/applications/gaim2.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gaim3.desktop" and the 2 dummy gaim entries and
Firestarter's entry all disappeared immediately.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you:
- gnome-session-remove gnome-panel
- GAM_DEBUG=1 gnome-panel
- cp the desktop file
- paste here the gamin log

With a "cp gedit.desktop gedit2.deskop" I get this:

FAMNextEvent : Created : gedit2.desktop
FAMPending(fd = 19)
accepted event: seq 17, type 1
FAMNextEvent(fd = 19)
FAMNextEvent : Changed : gedit2.desktop
FAMPending(fd = 19)
accepted event: seq 17, type 1
FAMNextEvent(fd = 19)
FAMNextEvent : Changed : gedit2.desktop
FAMPending(fd = 19)

And the menu is immediatly updated ...

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Created an attachment (id=1182)
output of GAM_DEBUG=1 gnome-panel

I recorded the output of GAM_DEBUG=1 gnome-panel > panel while I did the
following:
 - sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gedit2.desktop
 - A second gedit appeared in the accessories menu
 - I installed firestarter
 - Nothing appeared in the system tools menu
 - sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gedit3.desktop
 - A third gedit appeared in the accessories menu, and a firestarter entry
appeared in the system tools menu
 - I removed firestarter
 - Firestarter remained in the menu
 - sudo rm /usr/share/applications/gedit2.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gedit3.desktop
 - The dummy gedit entried disappeared from the accessories menu, and
firestarter entry disappeared from the system tools menu

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Created an attachment (id=1183)
output of GAM_DEBUG=1 gnome-panel

Sorry, this one is the correct log.

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

Created an attachment (id=1185)
A screenshot showing the bug

On this screenshot, I opened the main menu just after removing firestarter.

As you can see, gamin says: FAMNextEvent : Deleted : firestarter.desktop

But Firestarter still appears in the system tools menu.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

ok, found the bug, that's because firestart puts it desktop file in
/usr/share/gnome/apps/Internet/ instead of /usr/share/applications/ and this
directory is just here for compatibility reasons but not used in the same way.
I'm closing this bug and I've opened #5934 about this since that's a different
bug from #1554.

[Julien Olivier (julo)]

OH, well done and thanks !