diff -Nru wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/changelog wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/changelog
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/changelog	2010-08-27 02:36:35.000000000 +0200
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/changelog	2011-02-19 21:05:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4.1) maverick-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Apply appmenu.patch to get menus back (LP: #662077).
+
+ -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:05:43 +0100
+
 wxwidgets2.8 (2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low
 
   * python-wxversion: install wxversion.py in the right path (LP: #620280).
diff -Nru wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/appmenu.patch wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/appmenu.patch
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/appmenu.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/appmenu.patch	2011-02-19 21:05:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Description: In some cases menu bar height is reported as 0 when the menu hasn't
+ fully realized yet. Nee to update the height during idle time if it is 0,
+ otherwise no menu is shown.
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/662077
+Origin: upstream, http://svn.wxwidgets.org/viewvc/wx/wxWidgets/branches/WX_2_8_BRANCH/src/gtk/frame.cpp?r1=66344&r2=66343&pathrev=66344
+
+--- a/src/gtk/frame.cpp
++++ b/src/gtk/frame.cpp
+@@ -560,6 +560,16 @@
+ 
+ #if wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
+     if (m_frameMenuBar) m_frameMenuBar->OnInternalIdle();
++
++    // UpdateMenuBarSize may return a height of zero on some
++    // systems (e.g. Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha as of 2010-12-06),
++    // when the menubar widget has not been fully realized.
++    // Update the menu bar size again at this point, otherwise
++    // the menu would not be visible at all.
++    if (!m_menuBarHeight)
++    {
++        UpdateMenuBarSize();
++    }
+ #endif // wxUSE_MENUS_NATIVE
+ #if wxUSE_TOOLBAR
+     if (m_frameToolBar) m_frameToolBar->OnInternalIdle();
diff -Nru wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/series wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/series
--- wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/series	2010-07-20 03:54:09.000000000 +0200
+++ wxwidgets2.8-2.8.11.0/debian/patches/series	2011-02-19 21:05:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 wx_pth_dbg.dpatch
 debian-changes-2.8.11.0-0ubuntu1.1
 debian-changes-2.8.11.0-0ubuntu1+devfil
+appmenu.patch