Application removed from menu cannot be added back

[marmarek]

Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.2): R4.0

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open VM settings
2. Remove application from the list, click OK
3. Check if application is really removed from the menu.
4. Open VM settings
5. Add the same application back, click OK
6. Check if application is present in the menu

Expected behavior:

Application added back

Actual behavior:

Application still missing.

General notes:

Report on qubes-users

[marmarek]

Also, changing VM color does not update the menu. I belive it is the same bug.
Both issues can be fixed with:

xdg-desktop-menu install ~/.local/share/qubes-appmenus/VMNAME/apps/*.{directory,desktop}

[marmarek]

Also, changing VM color does not update the menu. I belive it is the same bug.
Both issues can be fixed with:

xdg-desktop-menu install ~/.local/share/qubes-appmenus/VMNAME/apps/*.{directory,desktop}

[mannp]

@marmarek Your workaround works to reinstate ALL applications menu available to that vm, rather than only the ones selected in the applications tab.

Is there a command to update the menus based on that application tab list?

[mannp]

@marmarek Your workaround works to reinstate ALL applications menu available to that vm, rather than only the ones selected in the applications tab.

Is there a command to update the menus based on that application tab list?

[mannp]

Is this fixed as the workaround is a half measure not a solution.

[mannp]

Is this fixed as the workaround is a half measure not a solution.

[marmarek]

Is this fixed as the workaround is a half measure not a solution.

What do you mean? With the fix referenced above (marmarek/qubes-desktop-linux-common@e45e760) application menu is correctly updated when needed.

[marmarek]

Is this fixed as the workaround is a half measure not a solution.

What do you mean? With the fix referenced above (marmarek/qubes-desktop-linux-common@e45e760) application menu is correctly updated when needed.

[mannp]

I was looking at the xdg-desktop-menu command and it still creates all menu items regardless of whether the app exists in the selected list.

I did not realise qvm-appmenus --update was the correct command to recreate the menus and not xdg-desktop-menu, as that still has the same effect.

[mannp]

I was looking at the xdg-desktop-menu command and it still creates all menu items regardless of whether the app exists in the selected list.

I did not realise qvm-appmenus --update was the correct command to recreate the menus and not xdg-desktop-menu, as that still has the same effect.

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The package qubes-desktop-linux-common-4.0.8-1.fc25 has been pushed to the r4.0 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

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[jpouellet]

Somehow my system .desktop files got deleted. The cause was probably just me being an idiot, but in case it's not and someone in the future comes across this issue by searching for that problem symptoms (as I just did), you can restore the system menu items with:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=reinstall $(rpm -qal | grep /usr/share/applications | xargs rpm -qf | sort -u)

[jpouellet]

Somehow my system .desktop files got deleted. The cause was probably just me being an idiot, but in case it's not and someone in the future comes across this issue by searching for that problem symptoms (as I just did), you can restore the system menu items with:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=reinstall $(rpm -qal | grep /usr/share/applications | xargs rpm -qf | sort -u)

[qubesos-bot]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-desktop-linux-common-4.0.8-1.fc25 has been pushed to the r4.0 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update

[qubesos-bot]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package qubes-desktop-linux-common-4.0.8-1.fc25 has been pushed to the r4.0 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update