I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10 amd64 and I have the same problem. I provide the following outputs:
When I execute alacarte from terminal I get: edu...@ecc:~/Desktop$ alacarte Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 48, in __init__ self.editor = MenuEditor() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 36, in __init__ self.__loadMenus() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 63, in __loadMenus self.save(True) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 67, in save fd = open(getattr(self, menu).path, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu' Of course I can execute it using sudo. Then, because the permission is denied to /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu I tried to list it: edu...@ecc:~/Desktop$ ls /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu ls: cannot access /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu: Permission denied edu...@ecc:~/Desktop$ sudo ls /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu So the problem might be the permisions on the file /home/eduard/.config/menus/applications.menu Since the missing information is now provided, may be this bug could be reopened. -- menu editor dont start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs