LXPANEL Directory Menu not working

[vishnumishra88]

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My OS : Ubunty 12.0 LXPanel Version : 0.5.8 Installation works very well. But the " directory menu " on the taskbar doesn't work. When I clicked on it, it show me a list including " Desktop, Download, Documents .... ", each has a submenu with " open, open in terminal " When I clicked on "open" or "open in terminal", nothing happened. What could be the reason ?

[Rex Bouwense]

Welcome to the LXDE forum. Can you open any of the sub-menus, Documents for instance, when you double click the sub-menu? Does the menu quick launch icon work? It should give you the sub-menus where your applications are stored. If it works can you launch PCManFM (the file manager) from the Accessories sub-menu and successfully open Documents from there?
See http://lxlinux.com/#11 for information on Desktop and Panel Links in LXDE

[Bob E]

It's a bug that's been reported. I found this fix by a user on the bug report:

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As a workaround you can change these entries in the configuration file for the panel to what is originally used for the default panel session:

1. Open ~/.config/lxpanel/Lubuntu/config in a text editor.

2. Change the entries for FileManager and Terminal:

[Command]
FileManager= pcmanfm %s
Terminal=lxterminal
Logout=lxsession-default quit

3. Save file and restart panel:$ lxpanelctl restart

Directory Menu plugin will work again. Of course, you could also change the entries to commands for a different file manager or terminal application.

[Rex Bouwense]

Bob E: I cannot find the bug report. Can you post it here please. Thank you.

[Bob E]

I knew there was something I forgot to do. Scroll down to post #4 for the info I posted earlier.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1325420

[vishnumishra88]

Hi Bob,

Thank you so much. Following work around worked perfectly:

As a workaround you can change these entries in the configuration file for the panel to what is originally used for the default panel session:

1. Open ~/.config/lxpanel/Lubuntu/config in a text editor.

2. Change the entries for FileManager and Terminal:

[Command]
FileManager= pcmanfm %s
Terminal=lxterminal
Logout=lxsession-default quit

3. Save file and restart panel:$ lxpanelctl restart

Directory Menu plugin will work again. Of course, you could also change the entries to commands for a different file manager or terminal application.

You rock!

Cheers!

[vishnumishra88]

Hi Bob,

Thank you so much. Following work around worked perfectly:

As a workaround you can change these entries in the configuration file for the panel to what is originally used for the default panel session:

1. Open ~/.config/lxpanel/Lubuntu/config in a text editor.

2. Change the entries for FileManager and Terminal:

[Command]
FileManager= pcmanfm %s
Terminal=lxterminal
Logout=lxsession-default quit

3. Save file and restart panel:$ lxpanelctl restart

Directory Menu plugin will work again. Of course, you could also change the entries to commands for a different file manager or terminal application.

You rock!

Cheers!

[vishnumishra88]

In the menu there are two options, "OPEN" and "Open in Terminal", when I am clicking "OPEN" it works but when I am clicking "OPEN in Terminal" that is still not working after the above workaround. Can you please help me with solution for that as well

Thanks a lot!

[Bob E]

The only things I can think of is;

- Make sure the terminal you have is lxterminal.

- Go back to the file you edited and double check the spelling "lxterminal", and make sure there are no spaces.

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Terminal=lxterminal

- Right click on the Directory Menu icon, click on "Directory Menu" Settings, and make sure the Directory is listed. (Mine is listed as: /home/bob).

Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

[vishnumishra88]

Hi Bob,

The configuration that you suggested "Terminal=lxterminal" was already there in config. But you gave me hint

I checked in my system lxterm was there so I updated "Terminal=lxterm" and it worked. Really appreciate your support.

Thanks!

Cheers.