lmms doesn't show a menu item in XFCE and KDE

[Uqbar]

Binary package hint: lmms

Once installed from repository the usual menu item is not showing up.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: lmms 0.4.10-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 10 16:37:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lmms
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

The same happens under KDE! Weird!

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

While I do understand this could be defined as a "minor cosmetic bug", it's a really annoying one as you are forced to either manually create e menu entry or to run the program by command line.

[Israel Dahl (israeldahl)]

This also happens in Gnome..
I created this to solve my problem

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=LMMS
Comment=Drum sequencer with multiple plugin and midi capabilities
Exec=lmms
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;AudioVideo;Audio
Icon=lmms

save this as

lmms.desktop

in

/usr/share/applications/

I hope this helps

[Israel Dahl (israeldahl)]

here is my file to make it even easier for everyone...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

The bug is still here as of Oneiric. And probably as of Precise.
Is it this hard to fix such a bug?

[Israel Dahl (israeldahl)]

Precise doesn't show it in UNITY

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Precise doesn't show it in KDE.
And the splash log (after starting the application from command line) is only showing a gray outline.

[Jakob Gezelius (jakob-knugen)]

Still here in quantal quetzal.

[Israel Dahl (israeldahl)]

Please referr to

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lmms/+bug/863366

for all future info