[SOLVED] applications->other continually disappears

dchmelik · 2023-10-18 07:34:45

My 'applications->other' menus has tens of entries but periodically disappears on some new sessions (without entries being anywhere else) then comes back in later sessions, disappears on ones later, and so on. How can I stop this and make sure it always stays visible?

Last edited by dchmelik (2025-03-01 16:46:55)

ToZ · 2023-10-18 12:19:42

Interesting.

Which version of Xfce are you running? And specifically which menu utility are you using and what version of garcon is installed?

And finally, what exactly are you referring to when you say "session"? User login sessions? Remote access sessions? etc.

dchmelik · 2023-10-20 00:41:51

ToZ wrote:

Interesting.
Which version of Xfce are you running?

Most the XFCE packages say v4.18.n

And specifically which menu utility are you using and what version of garcon is installed?

Standard/applications; garcon-4.18.1-x86_64-1.

And finally, what exactly are you referring to when you say "session"? User login sessions? Remote access sessions? etc.

X Window System (startx). I never mentioned anything about 'remote access'.

ToZ · 2023-10-20 01:05:24

Are you by chance using flatpaks? If so, have a read through this thread regarding permission issues.

Otherwise, is there anything in your ~/.xsession-errors log file during a local X session when the issue occurs?

dchmelik · 2023-10-29 00:48:12

ToZ wrote:

Are you by chance using flatpaks? [...]

Of course not!

Otherwise, is there anything in your ~/.xsession-errors log file during a local X session when the issue occurs?

I don't have that file but will look for it next time.

dchmelik · 2023-12-01 03:51:50

ToZ wrote:

Otherwise, is there anything in your ~/.xsession-errors log file during a local X session when the issue occurs?

When I started XFCE there was neither the other menu nor ~/.xsession-errors.

dchmelik · 2025-02-24 02:36:05

It's now on 4.20; Slackware GNU/Linux as implied, but also FreeBSD UNIX xfce/garcon... still happening on Slackware (haven't checked *BSD much... can also test NetBSD & maybe OpenSolaris/IllumOS, other GNU/Linux later... maybe same happened on Devuan GNU/Linux last year).
If I found the right file (no one will tell me what it is) apparently an automatic menu editor removed everything, so it's solved at least until I get more back in there.

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