Lost "Applications" in right-click menu

[Taco.22]

I've installed OB Bonsai and done the updates.  Somewhere along the line the "Applications"  sub-menu in the right-click menu has stopped working.  I have replaced both menu.xml and rc.xml with originals but no change.  I remember a similar issue from a while ago but I can't for the life of me recall the solution.  Any help gratefully appreciated.

[Neal ManBear]

Try this --
Reinstall openbox-menu.

[Taco.22]

Thanks for the hint Neal - I checked it out in Synaptic for future reference.  Now the bad news - the problem has fixed itself.  I hate it when that happens!  I've had it happen before once or twice, but this time it really persisted and I thought I had borked something.  Now I know where to go if it happens again. 

[melodie]

Thanks for the hint Neal - I checked it out in Synaptic for future reference.  Now the bad news - the problem has fixed itself.  I hate it when that happens!  I've had it happen before once or twice, but this time it really persisted and I thought I had borked something.  Now I know where to go if it happens again. 

Hi Taco and Neal,

Reinstalling openbox-menu has no effect on right-click menu, because openbox-menu is just a pipe-menu. It is the libe menu-cache (Lxde project) which does the job. To regenerate a right-click menu that has gone, or even to refresh it after you uninstall a program or install a new one, generally trying to display it twice on a row does the trick.

To avoid loosing the whole "Applications" right-click menu, check in your Bleachbit preferences config that the directory and files from ~/.cache/menus/* are added to the whitelist (it must be added in order to prevent Bleachbit from removing them when you operate a cleaning).

In case you want a fast fix, you can copy the cached files from /etc/skel/.cache/menus, or from /root/.cache/menus :
 in this case, you should check that the ownership of the files be your user (and correct it if the cached menu files still  belong to root after the copy).

Last : have you checked the new set of configuration files in /usr/share/openbox-menu after the last update ?

[Taco.22]

Hi melodie,

Well I think I've done it this time!  No sooner posted about getting everything back and I've gone and lost it again.  Now I was removing extraneous bits from the system to lighten the load - maybe shouldn't have tossed .cache in home folder.  Unfortunately the root side seems to have a similar issue.  Everything is there in the Menu on the panel - just not in "Applications".  Tried copying the root .cache to home - no go.  Hmm - seemed to have really borked this time!

[Neal ManBear]

Try Melodie's solution; i.e. right click a couple times. If that doesn't do it, reinstall libmenu-cache1 and try again.

[melodie]

Try Melodie's solution; i.e. right click a couple times. If that doesn't do it, reinstall libmenu-cache1 and try again.

Hi Neal,

I don't think any re-install is necessary. Just the right configurations in the relevant files.

In my /home/user/.config/bleachbit/bleachbit.ini file, at the end I can read:

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[whitelist/paths]
0_path = /home/melodie/.cache/menus
0_type = folder
To get this, just go to Bleachbit menu, preferences, whitelist tab and add folders and files you need to protect. Same with Bleachbit-root.

And also for the menus to be refreshed normally fast and smooth, menu-cached **must not** be started in the /home/user/.config/openbox/autostart.sh file.

It was configured this way at the beginning but is not anymore since a long time : this is why I insisted on looking at the latest README and configuration files provided in the last package, thanks to Leiche ! \o/ ! :-)

Regards,
Mélodie

[Neal ManBear]

Melodie,
That's fine to prevent the loss. After the loss has occurred? That is the reason for the reinstall - to replace what was lost.

[Taco.22]

Thanks all for the advice.  Finally got it sorted, but what an exercise in frustration!  Reinstalled libmenu-cache1 plus its depends inc. pcmanfm, but also copied over files from /skel.  Had problems with permissions until I realised that the .cache folder was accidentally "root".  Duh   Lesson learn't - don't throw out the .cache files    

[Neal ManBear]

..... don't throw out the .cache files    

  Yea. Good idea not to do that.
BTW, did you whitelist the .cache files in bleachbit yet?

[Taco.22]

Yep, was the very next thing I did!  I'm in the process of setting up for an updated version of the Blackcat Astronomy Edition with extra goodies, so it's good to get this out of the way.

[Neal ManBear]

Good stuff coming.

[melodie]

Hi Taco,

I'll be looking forward to it for testing.

Regards,
Mélodie