[gentoo-user] Re: k3b doesn't show in KDE 4's menu

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Freitag 29 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> On Donnerstag 28 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>>> I installed k3b (a KDE 3 application) but it doesn't show in KDE 4's
>>>> application launch menu (aka "Start menu").  Can this be seen as a bug
>>>> or am I supposed to create the desktop entry myself?
>>> hmm...k3b-9999 shows up in the 'multimedia' section of kmenu. Which
>>> version did you try to install?
>>>
>>> If the .desktop file is missing it is a bug. You don't have to do it by
>>> hand (you can add k3b manually - right click on the menu button..)
>> 1.0.5-r5.  Latest version available in portage.  Desktop file is there
>> actually:
>>
>>    /usr/kde/3.5/share/applications/kde/k3b.desktop
>>
>> but KDE 4 doesn't seem to be picking it up.  I think it should though,
>> since when I had Amarok 1 installed (meanwhile I'm on Amarok 2) it was
>> appearing just OK in the menu.
> 
> well because it is in kde 3.5 duh.

So is Amarok 1 though but it does show up.


> Btw, get the kde-testing overlay and try k3b-9999 it is sweet and works very 
> well. (or 1.6.something - the beta).

I'll give it a spin.