Re: [gentoo-user] "Application Menu" missing on Desktop after KDE/Plasma update from 5.16.5 to 5.17.4

[Dale]

Dan Johansson wrote:
> After updating KDE/Plasma from 5.16.5 to 5.17.4 "Left Button"
> (Application Launcher) does not work anymore. Nothing happens when I
> "Left Click" on the Desktop. The other actions ("Right Button",
> "Middle Button" and "Vertical Scroll") works as they should.
>
> This happens on two machines of mine (the two with KDE/Plasma).
>
> This is really annoying as this is the main way I launch new programs.
>
> Any suggestion?
>
> Regards,


I'd suspect something is missing.  Since mine works here, I'll post some
info and if no one else comes up with a better idea, maybe you can
compare yours and mine and notice something missing or different. 


root@fireball / # equery f kde-frameworks/plasma | grep menu
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/Plasma/Menu.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/Plasma/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/EditMenuTouch.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/MenuBarStyle.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Plasma/MenuStyle.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/calendar/MonthMenu.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/components.3/Menu.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/components.3/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/components/ContextMenu.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/components/ModelContextMenu.qml
root@fireball / #


root@fireball / # equery f kde-plasma/plasma-desktop | grep menu
/usr/share/help/en/plasma-desktop/application-menu.png
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/installfont.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-layout-template-org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar.desktop
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar.appdata.xml
/usr/share/plasma/layout-templates/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar
/usr/share/plasma/layout-templates/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar/contents
/usr/share/plasma/layout-templates/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar/contents/layout.js
/usr/share/plasma/layout-templates/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/plasma/layout-templates/org.kde.plasma.desktop.appmenubar/metadata.json
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/ActionMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/contents/ui/ActionMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kimpanel/contents/ui/ActionMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kimpanel/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/ui/ContextMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/configuration/panelconfiguration/MoreSettingsMenu.qml
root@fireball / #

root@fireball / # equery f kde-plasma/plasma-workspace | grep menu
/etc/xdg/autostart/gmenudbusmenuproxy.desktop
/usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kded/appmenu.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/plasma/applets/plasma_applet_appmenu.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/plasma/containmentactions/plasma_containmentactions_contextmenu.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/private/appmenu
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/private/appmenu/libappmenuplugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/kde/plasma/private/appmenu/qmldir
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kappmenu.xml
/usr/share/desktop-directories/kf5-settingsmenu.directory
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-applet-org.kde.plasma.appmenu.desktop
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.plasma.appmenu.appdata.xml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/config
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/config/config.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/config/main.xml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/ui
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/contents/ui/main.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.appmenu/metadata.json
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.clipboard/contents/ui/Menu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.digitalclock/contents/ui/MonthMenu.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/EditContextMenu.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/BreezeMenuStyle.qml
root@fireball / #

I don't see any USE flags that would matter but just in case.

root@fireball / # emerge -p kde-frameworks/plasma
kde-plasma/plasma-desktop kde-plasma/plasma-workspace

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ~] kde-frameworks/plasma-5.65.0:5/5.65::gentoo  USE="X
-debug -doc (-gles2) -test -wayland" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.17.4-r1:5::gentoo 
USE="calendar handbook -appstream -debug -geolocation -gps -qalculate
-qrcode -semantic-desktop -systemd -test" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ] kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.17.4-r1:5::gentoo 
USE="fontconfig handbook mouse -debug -ibus -scim -semantic-desktop
-test -touchpad" 0 KiB

Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
root@fireball / #

It might also be worth testing this on a new user with no old config
files or renaming the old files and testing a new default set.  In the
past, I've had that fix things.  It's not so often anymore but still a
thought, especially if no one else has any ideas. 

Dale

:-)  :-)