disappearing icons

[El Fluffo]

the icons for the mandrake control center have suddenly disappeared from my programs menu and the quick access bar. how do I get them back? And while I'm here, can you open it from the konsole? if so, what's the command?
thanks

[El Fluffo]

i get the same in other user accounts - I tried opening the mandrake control center using the welcome screen on a new account and got the message
file:/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Configuration/Mandrake Control Center.desktop doesn't exist.
:confused: where's it gone? :( how do I get it back?

[Sepero]

Do you use "rm" in root very much?

Sounds like you may have accidentally deleted(moved ?) the files. You may have to reinstall those packages.

[El Fluffo]

i do but only in my downloads folder - does this mean I'm gonna have to reinstall?

[Sepero]

Am I the only one trying to help this guy out? Can someone else comment on this? I'm just saying, because I have VERY little experience with "bloat-tops". I prefer a nice little windowmanager. :)

El Fluffo:
If you have the CD's, then reinstalling the KDE packages shouldn't be that bad. If you have to download them from the web, then it could take quite a bit longer.

You may not have to reinstall at all, but because of my lack of experience, I don't even know where these desktop files are supposed to be.

[leonpmu]

su to root and type : drakconf if it doesn run then it is /usr/bin/

hope it helps

L

PS you can always recreate it using the menuconf tool

[El Fluffo]

thanks for answering - no luck with the drakconf command...that's disappeared too! and the command center icon has disappeared from menudrake as well. time to reinstall I think. thanks for trying anyway

[El Fluffo]

for pete's sake - now I can't reinstall. I rebooted with the mandrake cd in the cd tray and .... nothing! it just rebooted straight into linux. I checked the BIOS and the first boot device is the cd reader. then I checked with a windoze cd in case the mandrake one was damaged but still no luck! aaaaggggghhhhhhhhhh:confused:
any suggestions?

[Sepero]

Originally posted by El Fluffo
any suggestions? Only reinstall the KDE packages?
I can't help but wonder why you insist on reinstalling the whole system?

[El Fluffo]

through ignorance mate - i don't want to reinstall the whole system - I just want my control center back! :(

[El Fluffo]

can I do it on the internet? i've googled but it looks like I don't know how to word the question - loads of redhat and debian stuff but nothing for mandrake 9.1 - I'm gonna carry on searching but if anyone can save me some time it'll be much appreciated

[Sepero]

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3

[leonpmu]

you must´ve removed the package by accident.

mount your cd, open a console, su to root.

cd to the /mnt/cdrom directory (or wherever your cdrom is mounted.

do an ls drakconf* if it returns nothing, it isn´t on this disk, keep trying till you find it. Then do an rpm -Uvh drakconf*

if it says that it is already installed do an rpm -Uvh --force drakconf*

That will work.

Hope it helps

L

[El Fluffo]

cool! i did a urpmi thing in the end as there was a problem with dependencies with the rpms and now it's all ok again.
thanks for your help

[El Fluffo]

but the software and the services sections have disappeared! is there any way of getting them back?

[El Fluffo]

well - I typed in urpmi rpmdrake and got that ok and it now appears in the MCC. oh and I found the DrakXServices button so end of problem.
Thanks