Games Menu Entry Missing

Willie matthews.willie at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 13:24:58 CET 2012


Changed the login_cmd from "login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc
%session" to "login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc
%session". I am pretty new to using slim but it seem that it need to launch
the default shell in the login process.

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Mike Perry <mike at cogsmos.com> wrote:

> Great. I retested and you are correct, you do not need to log out/in.
>
> You could also set system wide PATHs in /etc/bash.bashrc or similar
> (depending on your distro). What did you need to change in the
> slim.conf, just the PATH?
>
> /*
>  * Mike Perry
>  * mike at cogsmos.com
>  */
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Willie <matthews.willie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I finally figured it out. It is because of SLIM login manager. Made a
> change
> > in /etc/slim.conf. Thanks for all the help that was giving to push me in
> the
> > right direction.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Willie <matthews.willie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was emailed a solution, thanks Lili-Anne. I have to delete the entry
> in
> >> the .desktop file that starts with "TryExec". I did it to one and didn't
> >> have to log out to make it work.
> >>
> >> I edited my .bashrc file so that I would have the games in my $PATH. Is
> it
> >> possible that I would have to have to fix the problem with it coming up
> in
> >> all users $PATH so that the games items will show in the menu? If so
> where
> >> to I start with that?
> >>
> >> Yes I do have "xfce-applications.menu"
> >> I am running version 4.8
> >> I have tried logging into a brand new user. Created an account and
> deleted
> >> afterwords!
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Mike Perry <mike at cogsmos.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Your .desktop file worked for me too. I just made a short bash script
> >>> and placed it in /usr/local/bin and then copied your .desktop file to
> >>> ~/.local/share/applications/. Logged out, then logged back in.
> >>>
> >>> Do you have a file named xfce-applications.menu in /etc/xdg/menus?
> >>>
> >>> What version of XFCE are you running?
> >>>
> >>> If you have installed the .desktop file global to all users, could you
> >>> try logging in as a brand new user?
> >>>
> >>> /*
> >>>  * Mike Perry
> >>>  * mike at cogsmos.com
> >>>  */
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Willie <matthews.willie at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Seems so!
> >>> >
> >>> > ill at mini ~ $ which enigma
> >>> > /usr/games/bin/enigma
> >>> > ill at mini ~ $ echo $PATH
> >>> > /usr/games/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:13 AM, Nick Schermer <
> nickschermer at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Willie <matthews.willie at gmail.com
> >
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >> > I checked that out and I do have games. I don't see why it is
> >>> >> > missing. I
> >>> >> > pretty much checked everything out already. I also uploaded one of
> >>> >> > my
> >>> >> > .desktop files. Here is another though.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Works fine here. Maybe a stupid question, but is "enigma" visible in
> >>> >> $PATH?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Nick
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> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
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> >>> > matthews.willie at gmail.com
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Willie Matthews
matthews.willie at gmail.com
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