Firefox menu bar does not respond at all

Bug #604847 reported by Susan Cragin
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

This just happened, with updates downloaded 12-Jul-2010 approx 9PM EST.
The Firefox menu does not work, ie: File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help
Mouse does not work, ALT-F does not work.
I have an Asus G1S, Nvidia, Ubuntu Studio Maverick with all upgrades. Nothing fancy added. Standard Firefox.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.11-lowlatency 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-lowlatency i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 12 21:47:09 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 firefox-branding 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100601.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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Susan Cragin (susancragin) wrote :
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Susan Cragin (susancragin) wrote :

I just filed this bug and would like to retract it. Although the bug is correct as it stands, a number of things appear to be able to correct the problem, including re-booting.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Was this after you updated Firefox, but before you restarted Firefox?

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status: New → Incomplete
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Susan Cragin (susancragin) wrote :

Yes.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Thanks, closing then. Firefox breaking between upgrading and restarting is a well-known issue (which is why update-notifier tells you to restart the browser after the upgrade)

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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autra (autra) wrote :

I have the same problem.
Restarted firefox/the whole system or reinstalling firefox doesn't solve it.

It's even worst on my machine than Susan, because I can't even accesse the dropdown menu (eg. "Most Visited", "Latest Headlines" or the AddBlock+ menu)

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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autra (autra) wrote : apport information

Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 7775b1b5523ba70d35264e5aad0a90f2
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 firefox-branding 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: firefox 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fuse games lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

tags: added: apport-collected
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autra (autra) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

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autra (autra) wrote : ExtensionSummary.txt

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autra (autra) wrote : profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt

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autra (autra) wrote : profiles.ini.txt

apport information

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autra (autra) wrote :

And this bug mysteriously disappeared ! :-O

It is really strange because I've tried everything that normally "solve" these problems : restarting everything, reinstalling etc...

So if you have this problem, you can just wait 24h and see ;-)

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gwi (george-willegers) wrote :

I had the same problem, starting today. What also didn't work was searching in the bookmarks while typing in the address bar, the Options button in the NoScript message bar, ctrl-D to add this page to my bookmarks.
Rebooting did not solve the problem, until after a reboot starting Firefox first initiated an update of the NoScript add-in.
I don't know if there is a connection, but everything seems normal now.

(Kernel 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64, Firefox 3.6.10.)

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autra (autra) wrote :

Seems pretty inconsistent and everything seems normal now.

I put it to "invalid" atm, please don't hesitate to put it back to new if you still have this issue.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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