Bug 77534

Summary:	can't add applet to panel
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Florin Andrei <florin>
Component:	rhn-applet	Assignee:	Daniel Veillard <veillard>
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Description Florin Andrei 2002-11-08 17:40:01 UTC

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Description of problem:
If, for whatever reason, the applet dies, i cannot add it again to the panel. I
looked to all applet menus, and to all other menus available, and there's no
trace of rhn-applet anywhere.
I think rhn-applet should be added to the applet menus.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Kill rhn-applet
2.Try to add it again to the panel
3.
	

Actual Results:  Can't find the applet in the menus.

Expected Results:  The applet should be somewhere in the applet menus, so that
the user can re-add it to the panel.

Additional info:

Looks like rhn-applet is the only one having a .desktop file in /usr/share/applets
That makes me think this directory is not used anymore. What's the new directory
to be used for the .desktop files of new or custom applets?

Comment 1 Michael Lee Yohe 2002-11-13 17:36:15 UTC

This is a pretty good point.  I upgraded from 7.3.94 to 8.0 and the
rhn-applet-gui was not available by default.  I have to start it manually on my
upgraded machine, but it works without a hitch on my newly installed workstation.

Comment 2 Daniel Veillard 2003-09-28 20:14:52 UTC

The applet is available from the following menus:
   - Main menu
   - System tools submenu
   - Red Hat Network Alert Icon
This should work fine assuming you have a notification area
in your panel.
To start a notification area:
   - right click on the panel
   - select add to this panel
   - then Utility
   - then notification area
I you have an rhn-applet running in the background it may appear in
the notification area when added.

Daniel