Compiz removes menu items

[R. G. Newbury]

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:13:00 -0600
From: Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu>
Subject: Re: Compiz removes menu items
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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R. G. Newbury wrote:

 > > After a little headscratching, I did a Ctl-Alt-F1, and ran 'switchdesk
 > > kde'. Reboot gave me back my KDE desktop BUT the menus are still messed
 > > up. I have the desktop icons back and the panel, but the 
Administration,
 > > Control Center and Utilities menu items are still missing. (Both
 > > Accessories and Games now list waaaaaayyyy more programs than before).
 > >
 > > And the Menu Editor entry does nothing....
 > >
 > > Any ideas anyone, about how I get those entries back?

Inside a konsole, run:
$ kbuildsycoca

-- Rex

Thank you!  I ran kbuildsycoca --noincremental --global and it restored 
the missing menu categories as well as adding numerous items to each 
category. It even sorted the games by type.

Geoff