kde build - configuring desktop

[Carlos Leonhard Woelz]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:17:32 +0100, "Barry Haddow"
<barry_haddow at yahoo.com> said:
> Hi 
> 
> I used the step-by-step instructions to build kde from source. It seemed
> to go 
> ok, I built arts, kdelibs and kdecore, and I'm able to run kde from the 
> build. However, when I run kcontrol, the control centre is empty, and
> using 
> the menu editor to add items to the K menu seems to have no effect. Do I
> need 
> another module in order to configure my desktop? or is there something
> else I 
> have to do?

It seems to be some problem with your .desktop files/menus. What
distribution are you using? Did you use the tip in the end of the guide
about the xdg menus? Does that solve your problem?

Cheers,

Carlos Woelz