UN-organaised System Preferences / Administration drawers

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 22:15 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>  said:
> > 
> > Hi Cyber R. Wizard
> 
> Hiya, svobi!  How ya doin'?

Hiya, fine, thank you ;-)


> > Your last suggestion ended in "command not found" ! ;-(
> 
> Yes, the package, "menu," isn't installed on your system.
> > 
> > Why shall I now install (all menu) again ??
> 
> You need to install the package, "menu," with the command: 
> <sudo apt-get install menu>  
> Or use the package manager of your choice.  I like synaptic.
> The package, menu, doesn't re-install menus, only keeps menus in order.
> I run it after each update or package installation.

Yeah, Synaptic is what I always use and 
yeah, you are right: menu isn't installed ! ;-)


> > I am only wondering why they aren't sorted from A to Z completely with
> > all but 
> > from Keyring to Users & Groups and then another some again from
> > Printing to User Profile Editor !?
> 
> Hopefully, ideally, running <update-menus> will fix this.
> > 
> > I do not want to mess my system !!! ;-D
> > Cheers, svobi
> 
> Here's what the package description says:
> -----
> Menu 
> generates programs menu for all menu-aware applications
> Debian menu keeps transparently the menus in the different
> window-managers in sync with the list of installed programs.
> 
> Debian menu relies on a list of menu entries provided by programs
> and a list of menu-methods provided by window-managers and other
> menu-aware applications.
> 
> Menu provides system-level and user-level configuration and overrides
> for both menu entries and menu-methods.
> -----
> Sounds good, doesn't it ?
> After installing the package, "menu," you may run the command:
> <update-menus>
> to update your user menus or:
> <sudo update-menus>  
> in order to update your menus system-wide.  (thank you, Peter!)  It is
> a utility to keep the various menu items properly in order.  It only
> takes a few seconds to install and a few seconds to run it from a
> terminal.

Good, that sounds pretty good but however:
Not update-menus nor  sudo update-menus changes anything .;-(

It's not a big or disturbing case ...
... just a minor cosmetical one !! ;-|

Myslef I just want to learn and recognize how to deal with it !!! ;-D

Thanks for your appreciated assistance with
cheers, svobi