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I know the first line was moving a backup file, could anyone explain the purpose of other two lines and why they helped me to resolve the issue?Īfterward I checked the folder /usr/share/X11/ but I did not find the file nf which was supposed I moved there by the first command. Gsettings reset :/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/ active-plugins These are the main commands I ran following the page's instructions, where "XXXXXXXX" is the backup timestamp of my nf file. I have no Parallels installed but the page just described exactly same error message and syndrome (no launchbar), so I followed its instructions and it JUST WORKED (restoring my launchbar and menu bar)! I also tried the command unity -replace but it did not help.īy googling the error message of unity -replace I came to a knowledge page of "Parallels" shown below. Anyhow, I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04 on Gnome 3(I believe that is it), and am wanting to move to a more fluxbox-like environment with a launchbar at the bottom which hides itself until I move the mouse down there (I would prefer it do this on top of windows as well).

Ubuntu launchbar file driver#

I restored to official repository nvidia 331.38 driver but the same problem (no launchbar) still persisted after login. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 switching to command console to login (no GUI). The login screen worked properly but right after I logged in I could not do anything (no launchbar but right-click on desktop was working), even Ctrl+Alt+T failed to trigger a terminal session. desktop file.I tried installing nvidia 331.79 driver from xorg-edger ppa, but after installation the unity is broken that no launchbar and no menu bar. To bring up that familiar GUI and create your. Give execution permisions to the file sktop. Or if you really don't want to use a text editor, you can call:Įxo-desktop-item-edit -create-new To have TiddlyDesktop on Ubuntu favourite launchbar (optional) On the terminal (Ctrl-T), do. Any user who can do that is assumed to also be comfortable using a text editor. The one instance where creating your own does become useful though is when you write your own application or wrap one with WINE and want to set it to be discoverable all over your system.

Ubuntu launchbar file how to#

The average user doesn't have to know how to write one by hand. It was standardized a long time ago, and every app supports it.

Ubuntu launchbar file install#

desktop files when you install and uninstall them. In 99.9% of cases, applications are going to handle creating their own. dialog to create a project) appears after a significant delay from selecting the item in menu or does not appear at all.

To add it to a panel (taskbar), it's the same, but instead of right clicking on the desktop, you right click on the panel. The simple use case creating C project in empty workspace causing the following error (see below). Right click on desktop -> Create Launcher -> Fill in the GUI popup If you had used XFCE even once, you would know. Worse, it's toxicity based off blatantly incorrect information. Xubuntugeek - Add items to Xfce Applications Menu ( link)įreeDesktop - Desktop Menu Specification ( very confused by the toxicity. What's the difference? The former will enable the menu entry for every user, the latter only for you. You can place that file both in /usr/share/applications or in /.local/share/applications.

Ubuntu launchbar file update#

The last step: put that file somewhere useful, so that the system can be aware of it and update the menu accordingly. There are several additional parameters you can add, but what you see above should be enough. Here is a list of what you can choose from.

Categories - semicolon-separated list of categories.

Example: /opt/clion-2016.2/bin/clion.svg For example /opt/clion-2016.2/bin/clion.sh

Name - put here the name of the application.

Open your text editor and type something like the following: desktop file that contains some information on the executable and the program itself. First of all, you have to prepare a simple. Suppose you want to add a new program, say CLion (which is a pleasant IDE, even if such tools are not my cup of tea) to your XFCE menu. In this article I want to tackle my favorite one: simple, easy, straight to the point. Do you have the need to add a new application to my XFCE menu? Unfortunately, there are many confusing ways of doing it.