global menu is missing

Bug #1565289 reported by Alex_ander
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

global menu is missing

16.04 x64 virtualbox

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160322-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 2 17:56:41 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-18 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160215)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic root=UUID=40c77510-57e3-4607-a1d5-eaf42fc9da8a ro quiet splash
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160318-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.1.2-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.1.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.6.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160218-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Sat Apr 2 17:54:46 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
 AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension
 AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4

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Alex_ander (ks-alexandr) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote :

Are you using a vanilla setup?

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

I am using a vanilla setup.

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

On metal, without a virtual machine.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :

Only Firefox and Thunderbird show their global menus.

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Thorsten Hirsch (t-hirsch) wrote :

Same problem here (but in VirtualBox).

Thanks to a thread [1] in the Ubuntu Forum I could figure out that "dconf reset -f /org/compiz/" and rebooting solved the problem.

[1] - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2330756

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