[clue-tech] missing debian menu

[Angelo Bertolli]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:

> Nate Duehr wrote:
>
>> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>>
>>> I just installed Debian testing on a laptop, sort of piecewise.  
>>> After installing gnome I noticed that my debian menu isn't there 
>>> anymore.  Was the debian menu deprecated/removed?  It's a shame 
>>> because it still seems like there are packages that don't put links 
>>> into the traditional gnome tree.  (e.g. lbreakout2)
>>>
>>> Angelo
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll have to go look at the laptop, but I believe the older style 
>> "Debian menu" is now a sub-menu of something else.  It's still there, 
>> probably under "Applications"?
>
>
> I'll check when I get back home.  I did want to mention that I also 
> did run update-menus as both root and my user, which didn't seem to 
> change anything.
>
> By the way, I've always wished they'd just add links to the regular 
> gnome menu rather than making an entirely different menu tree that 
> contains everything.  I'm sure there's some logical reasoning behind 
> this.

I used tasksel to install "Desktop" and now the menu has appeared.  I 
guess I'll always wonder which package it was in.  I also seem to be 
missing the GNOME link to gdmsetup (Login Screen Setup).

Angelo

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