Applications menu went empty right after running antiX-updater [SOLVED]

[Moderator BobC]

I noticed this at the end of the updater text screen when the menu went empty. I do wonder if it is caused by something that I did. Does anyone else have the issue, like Caprea, maybe?

Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...
Setting up iso-snapshot-antix (0.4.12) ...
Available xsessions have changed
Updating Slimski /etc/slimski.local.conf
desktop-session-update-wm-menus: Writing file: /usr/share/desktop-session/wm-menus/fluxbox-wm-menu
desktop-session-update-wm-menus: Writing file: /usr/share/desktop-session/wm-menus/icewm-wm-menu
desktop-session-update-wm-menus: Writing file: /usr/share/desktop-session/wm-menus/jwm-wm-menu
desktop-session-update-wm-menus: Writing file: /usr/share/desktop-session/wm-menus/RAW-wm-menu
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Writing Menu: icewm

(desktop-menu:24194): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 00:04:50.427: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 328, in <module>
    build_menu()
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 300, in build_menu
    process_menu(menu)
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 134, in process_menu
    icon = find_icon(entry) or default_folder_icon
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 105, in find_icon
    if icon_theme.lookup_icon(appicon, icon_size, 0):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lookup_icon'

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[Member sybok]

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Hi, I (almost) always update using CLI and I often see the same (or at least very similar) AttributeError when updating when remotely SSH-connected to an antiX-21 (stable) machine.

EDIT: I use ‘fluxbox’ almost exclusively.

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[Member ModdIt]

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Several occurences of menu entrys lost, was able to recover most entrys with the
rewrite menu button, rest with controll center tool, show items.

Would be be very frustrating for a new user without a helper to call.
There were some weird lines in my desktop session log but they seem to recurr
intermittently and seem chromium sandbox and or java JRE related.

[Moderator BobC]

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Yes, I have been using the Refresh Menu the last couple times it has happened, but I was hoping that this time I’d caught it in the act, and might be able to figure out why, and get it fixed.

Maybe its because I had ~/.icewm/menu-applications open in geany? I see that the fluxbox and jwm menus generated just fine.

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[Moderator caprea]

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I have only ever seen it shortly after installation during the first or second dist-upgrade , but this has happened more than once now.

[Member marcelocripe]

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I had the same problem, after some antiX 21 updates on different computers, the Games, Multimedia, Preferences and System submenus disappeared.

Even after I apply below command in terminal, Applications submenus is not displayed.

$ sudo desktop-menu --write-out-global

Outside the subject of this topic:

Does anyone know if there is any command that forces the display of ALL .desktop files that exist in antiX 21?

I need to test all .desktop files from work started by Robin which is available on GitLab antix-contribs https://gitlab.com/antix-contribs/antix-desktop-files/-/tree/main/.desktop in antiX 21. Several .desktop files are not displayed even after replacing them in their respective folder and restarting antiX.

Grateful.

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Ocorreu o mesmo problema comigo, após algumas atualizações do antiX 21 em computadores diferentes, os submenus Jogos, Multimídia, Preferências e Sistema sumiram.

Mesmo após eu aplicar o comando abaixo no terminal, os submenus de Aplicativos não são exibidos.

$ sudo desktop-menu --write-out-global

Fora do assunto deste tópico:

Alguém saberia se existe algum comando que force a exibição de TODOS os arquivos .desktop que existem no antiX 21?

Eu preciso testar todos os arquivos .desktop do trabalho iniciado pelo Robin, que está disponível no GitLab antix-contribs https://gitlab.com/antix-contribs/antix-desktop-files/-/tree/main/.desktop no antiX 21. Vários arquivos .desktop não são exibidos, mesmo após a substituição na sua respectiva pasta e a reinicialização do antiX.

Grato.

[Member PPC]

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I’ve never experience this problem. I do know that antiX stores, somewhere, the default configuration for the menus of each window manager, in all supported languages, I think I found that once, long ago…
What I found was this command that’s inside the file firsr-run-script (in usr/share/desktop-session)

Does that help in restoring the menu?

P.

On the off-topic question from Marcelo – The fastest way to view all .desktop files is using app-select. One other alternative is using FT10’s menu – that displays every single .desktop file…

[Moderator BobC]

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I’m guessing it must be caused by something I did or changed, then. I ran refresh menu and its fixed. Next time, before I update, I will do it manually.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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I refresh the menu any time I either add a few new applications or I do something that is likely to change one or more entries within the menus; haven’t experienced any problems with that approach.

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[Member slidesinger]

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Backup ~./icewm

$ mv .icewm icewm.{date}

cp or tar or rsync files from /etc/skel I used rsync.

$ rsync -av –progress /etc/skel/.icewm/ /home/{user}/.icewm/

You may have to change ownership as well:

$ chown {user}: /home/{user}/.icewm/

Logout and login, that should fix applications menu gone in icewm. It would probably work for other wms as well, but I did not test this.

[Member Lead Farmer]

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Is there a fix? I’m similar massage to @BobC after I do an update.

(desktop-menu:1505): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:04:25.997: gtk_icon_theme_get_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
Writing Menu: icewm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 457, in <module>
	build_menu()
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 301, in build_menu
	process_menu(menu)
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 207, in process_menu
	icon = find_icon(entry) or default_folder_icon
  File "/usr/local/bin/desktop-menu", line 136, in find_icon
	if icon_theme.lookup_icon(appicon, icon_size, 0) and not no_gtk:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lookup_icon'

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