Latest yum update of KDE loses some icons

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 11/3/06, Steven P. Ulrick <lists-fedora at afolkey2.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:16:49 -0600
> "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/3/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> > > Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just did a yum update, and KDE came down the pipe. The update
> > > > however seemed to have hosed server icons on my system:
> > > > including, but not limited to some icons in my KMenu.
> > >
> > > "some" icons?  Can you be a little more specific?
> > >
> > > -- Rex
> > >
> >
> > Sure. Should have initially. ALl the category (for lack of a better
> > word) in my KMenu and one icon in my quick launcher applet which let
> > to home (had an icon of a house)
> >
> > Please see snapshot here (Sorry, didn't have time to circle it,
> > currently in a rush)
> > http://www.pembo13.com/pub/snapshots/snapshot-kde-3.5.5-0.1.fc5.png
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Arthur
>
> Hello, Arthur
> I don't know if you have the same problem that I have or not, but here
> goes:
> If I am not mistaken, your screenshot looks something like this:
> http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1038am.jpg
>
> Is this perhaps the way that it used to look, and the way that you
> would like it to look?:
> http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1039am.jpg
>
> I continue to have this problem because I run KDE compiled from the
> Branch 3.5 sources &installed in a non-default location (so as not to
> overwrite the FC RPMS)  For me it goes something like this:
> 1. Install new version of Fedora Core.
> 2. Reboot, login.  Discover that my KMenu has been trashed:
> http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1038am.jpg
> 3. Run the following command as root: "rpm -e --nodeps redhat-menus"
> 4. A few seconds after the command finishes running, my KMenu is back
> to normal:
> http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1039am.jpg
>
> Unfortunately, some official Fedora Core updates depend on
> redhat-menus.  So if I exclude that RPM in my yum.conf, I don't get
> those updates (I assume)  So, what I have to do is run "rpm -e --nodeps
> redhat-menus" whenever "redhat-menus" is reinstalled during a "yum
> update"
>
> Again, this might not be your problem, but based on how your KMenu
> looks, and the fact that it got hosed after an update at least makes
> our situations look similar.
>
> Rex: a few weeks ago this problem seemed to be fixed.  But then it just
> started happening to me again.  I looked for the thread where you and I
> discussed this issue, but I could not find it.  I have no idea when
> "redhat-menus" started going back to destroying my KMenu....
>
> Have a Great Day,
> Steven P. Ulrick
>

That's exactly how my kmenu looks now and looked before. Pity I did
not have a screenshot of before.
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