>>> $ fvwm-menu-desktop --desktop kde-sys >>> Unknown option: desktop >>> >>> Nothing else. So, where should I be looking to diagnose this? I use Gentoo and fvwm 2.6.1. >>> >>> fvwm-menu-desktop alone produces no output. >>> >>> Thanks beforehand.
For me, on ArchLinux... $ fvwm --version fvwm 2.7.0 compiled on Apr 15 2011 at 22:28:47 with support for: ReadLine, Stroke, XPM, PNG, SVG, Shape, XShm, SM, Bidi text, XRender, XFT, NLS, I also get no menu from fvwm-menu-desktop: $ fvwm-menu-desktop ERROR: Can't find root menu file. >> Yep, tell us what is in /etc/xdg/menus/. >> >> There should be a applications.menu or debian-menu.menu file. > $ ls /etc/xdg/menus/ > kde-4.6-applications.menu kde-information.menu lxde-applications.menu $ ls /etc/xdg/menus/ arch-applications.menu >> Also check to see if you have XDG_CONFIG_DIRS set to some value. >> In a terminal: >> >> echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS $ echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS /etc/xdg Don't know if it helps to have another voice, but I wanted to pass along my results as well. As Jesús mentioned, thanks beforehand. God Bless, Stick