--- loncom/interface/lonmenu.pm	2001/08/07 21:47:34	1.8
+++ loncom/interface/lonmenu.pm	2001/10/05 16:49:02	1.9
@@ -147,16 +147,18 @@ sub footer {
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
 sub BEGIN {
-if ($readdesk ne 'done') {
-  {
-    my $config=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonTabDir'}.
-                                 '/mydesk.tab');
-    while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-       chomp($configline);
-       $desklines[$#desklines+1]=$configline;
+    if ($readdesk) {
+	if ($readdesk ne 'done') {
+	    {
+		my $config=Apache::File->new($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{
+		    'lonTabDir'}.'/mydesk.tab');
+		while (my $configline=<$config>) {
+		    chomp($configline);
+		    $desklines[$#desklines+1]=$configline;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
     }
-  }
-}
 }
 1;
 __END__