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Akadole1932

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Registered: 2021-05-28

Posts: 10

Xfce global menu not working

I installed the xfce4-appmenu-plugin and vala-panel-appmenu and a bunch of others (see list below) and still the xfce appmenu plugin is not working for certain apps(like thunar and xfce terminal) but working for others (like VLC and VSCODE). I also ran these two commands as it was posted in some forum somewhere :
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsMenubar -n -t bool -s true
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsAppmenu -n -t bool -s true

(List of packages I installed -
appmenu-gtk-module-common/stable, stable, now 0.7.1-1 all [installed]
appmenu-qt/stable, now 0.2.6-2 amd64 [installed] appmenu-registrar/stable, now 0.7.1-1 amd64 [installed]
vala-panel-appmenu-common/stable, stable, now 0.7.1+dfsg1-1 all [installed, automatic]
vala-panel-appmenu/stable, now 0.7.1+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed]
xfce4-appmenu-plugin/stable, now 0.7.1+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed]
)
Yeah i really wanted the global menu?. Also,sorry for the long post?

(I run MX linux 19.4 with kernal version 4.19.0-16-amd64 if it helps)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,091

Re: Xfce global menu not working

You'll also need to install:

- appmenu-gtk2-module
- appmenu-gtk3-module
- appmenu-registrar

In addition, you need to add "appmenu-gtk-module to the GTK_MODULES environment variable. The packages include a method to do this using systemd, but since MX Linux doesn't use systemd, you'll need to a manual workaround.

With root privileges, copy the file "52libcanberra-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules" to "52appmenu-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules" and then edit that file and replace all instances of the string "canberra" with "appmenu". Reboot the system for it to take effect.

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Akadole1932

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Registered: 2021-05-28

Posts: 10

Re: Xfce global menu not working

Thanks for the reply !!!
I installed the three packages but couldn't understand what to do next. Sorry i am not a very experienced Linux user (using only since the last month)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Xfce global menu not working

No worries. Run the following commands:

sudo cp /etc/X11/Xsession.d/52libcanberra-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules /etc/X11/Xsession.d/52appmenu-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules

sudo sed -i 's/canberra/appmenu/g' /etc/X11/Xsession.d/52appmenu-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules

...then restart your system (a log our and log back in might also work - reboot to be sure).

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Akadole1932

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Registered: 2021-05-28

Posts: 10

Re: Xfce global menu not working

Thanks thanks thanks !!!
Works like a charm. I have posted this question on various forums like mxlinux forum and linuxquestions but coudn't get a answer.Thanks!

r3thelegend

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Registered: 2022-02-27

Posts: 1

Re: Xfce global menu not working

i don't have "52appmenu-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules" inside of Xsession.d

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

Posts: 689

Re: Xfce global menu not working

Hello and welcome.

That's what the first command does: it creates a copy of 52libcanberra-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules with the name 52appmenu-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules.

Do you have 52libcanberra-gtk-module_add-to-gtk-modules?

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tckyato

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Registered: 2023-10-18

Posts: 1

Re: Xfce global menu not working

Hey can someone compare for me the difference between valapanel and xfce4 appmenu, thank you!