desktop has lost the menu bar

[Bob Best]

Binary package hint: gnome desktop

After installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (from disk) I lost the upper and lower menu bars. Right click in upper and lower window space brings no response other than the desktop "change desktop background" app. I have to "crash" out to shut down.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 9 02:14:21 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[phr0ze (pcgenius)]

The description appears to deal with Gnome-desktop, not firefox.

[Bob Best (bobbest789)]

Thanks for the correction phr0ze. I'm still learning Ubuntu but am determined to stick with it.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Bob Best (bobbest789)]

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
>
> * Is this reproducible?
> * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
>
> This will help us to find and resolve the problem.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: gnome-desktop => None
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>
Sebastien, 1: I only wish I KNEW how I produced this problem in the
first place so that I could AVOID doing it ever again.

2: The only steps I took were to install Ubuntu following the
instructions on the disc.

I have found some solutions on line but they require entering an
instruction in "terminal". unfortunately I have no menu bar from which
to access "terminal.

Thanks for your concern.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

I apologize for the inconvenience... I sent this comment to the wrong bug report!

Don't care my reply.

I'm very sorry.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

I'm closing this report since the user said that he could solve the bug by re-installing ubuntu. (Give a look at the activity log.)

Thanks for your support.