Cannot find Synaptic -SOLVED

[shrinivas]

Hi all,
This is an E-17 desktop, fully updated with PASS server.
On top of this, I installed Task-Gnome minimal.
Now, in Gnome, I cannot find Synaptic.
In Console, if I type Synaptic, I am able to run Synaptic, but I also get this message in console:

(synaptic:4297): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Preferences'

(synaptic:4297): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

Any help is appreciated.
Regards and Thanks,
BTW, I searched in the forum for this, but could not get it, if it is there, please guide me to that page.

Shrinivas

[menotu]

Have you rebooted?

[uncleV]

Synaptic here have always worked fine though running it from Terminal gives exactly the same warnings.
Synaptic should be in /usr/bin/synaptic:

[uncleV@localhost ~]$ synaptic

(synaptic:5766): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Preferences'

(synaptic:5766): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
[uncleV@localhost ~]$ which synaptic
/usr/bin/synaptic
[uncleV@localhost ~]$

You can try to add it to the menu by right-clicking on the launcher button (left lower corner) and choosing "Menu Editor".

[Neal ManBear]

The messages you got in the terminal are "null." That is, nothing to be concerned about.

Check Synaptic's .desktop file - /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop - to be sure that Gnome is not on the NotShowIn line. If it is, remove it. Or add this line - ShowIn=Gnome;

This must be done as superuser (root).

[shrinivas]

Thanks all !

Menotu : Yes, I did reboot, without any success.

UncleV : Menu Editor doesn't have this Synaptic.

Neal : I can right-click Synaptic.desktop (in /usr/share/applications) and copy to the desktop, there it opens without root password. ( In a way it is good, I don't misuse Synaptic ), But it also leaves a desktop icon on E-17, which doesn't look nice.

Synaptic's desktop file, as root, showed "show in KDE" (or something like that, I forgot), it is the last line. I added ShowIn=Gnome to it and saved and rebooted.
No go !

Anyway, I can open it in console, it is good enough for me, I am too much of a noob to play around which may bork my system and I won't even know where to look and repair. Anyway, I have one more Gnome installed on another partition, if it comes to that.
Regards and thanks once again.

[Neal ManBear]

shrinivas,
The line in the .desktop file is

Code: [Select]

NotShowIn=KDE;The line to add is

Code: [Select]

ShowIn=Enlightenment;or

Code: [Select]

ShowIn=E17;
You may need to test to see which one works. But note the semicolon(;) ending the line. It is important that it be there. It is both a separator and a terminator in this instance.

You added Synaptic to the desktop? It worked without asking for the root password? Are you logged into root? That isn't necessary, you know. The tools to perform root tasks from a user account are provided. For example, in your user account, in a terminal type su, enter the root password at the prompt, and use the command leafpad /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop to edit synaptic.desktop. (Substitute leafpad with the text editor you use.

[shrinivas]

shrinivas,
The line in the .desktop file is

Code: [Select]

NotShowIn=KDE;The line to add is

Code: [Select]

ShowIn=Enlightenment;or

Code: [Select]

ShowIn=E17;
You may need to test to see which one works. But note the semicolon(;) ending the line. It is important that it be there. It is both a separator and a terminator in this instance.

You added Synaptic to the desktop? It worked without asking for the root password? Are you logged into root? That isn't necessary, you know. The tools to perform root tasks from a user account are provided. For example, in your user account, in a terminal type su, enter the root password at the prompt, and use the command leafpad /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop to edit synaptic.desktop. (Substitute leafpad with the text editor you use.

I'm sorry Neal, I should have looked harder !
The last line says :
OnlyShowIn=KDE
without any " ; " (semi-colon)
And I just added the line :  ShowIn=Gnome
Should I modify the line " OnlyShowIn=KDE" to  "ShowIn=KDE" or "ShowIn=KDE;" or something like that ?

Regards.

I have a limited internet broadband connection, and with the time difference in our countries, I took time to respond.

[Neal ManBear]

Change the ShowIn=Gnome to

ShowIn=Enlightenment;

or

ShowIn=E17;

The semicolon is a necessary part of this.

[shrinivas]

Change the ShowIn=Gnome to

ShowIn=Enlightenment;

or

ShowIn=E17;

The semicolon is a necessary part of this.

But I am getting the Synaptic in E-17 w/o problem.
It is only when I log into gnome that I am unable to get synaptic !

[Neal ManBear]

ShowIn=E17;Gnome;

[shrinivas]

thanks Neal !
I changed the last line "OnlyShowIn=KDE" to ShowIn=KDE; and added the line " ShowIn=E-17;Gnome; " as you told me.

That solved it, thanks and regards .

Shrinivas

[uncleV]

thanks Neal !
Shrinivas

That is my guru Neal!

So the thread could be marked as "Solved"?

[Neal ManBear]

shrinivas,
Please edit your first post in this thread and add [Solved] to the title.