Upgraded from 10.04.4 to 12.04.1 and no global menu. Willing to do whatever it takes to debug.

[Nathaniel Homier]

Upgraded 10.04.4 to 12.04.1 desktop. I was expecting to see the global menu. But the program menus were the same as usual. This happens with all programs. I have searched high and low for a solution including Ubuntu forums. I have searched launchpad for a solution and nothing presented itself.

Please help. I was expecting better for an LTS and I use LTS because things just seem to work better.

Thank you.

Ubuntu forum post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2051273

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.14.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Sep 3 09:15:23 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-08-31 22:30:34,439 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 295.40, 2.6.32-42-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-29-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] [10de:0611] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:053c]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110719.2)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: HP-Pavilion KT608AV-ABA d5000t
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=/dev/mapper/earth-mars ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-09-01 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.21
dmi.board.name: Burbank
dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
dmi.board.version: 1.01
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.21:bd12/17/2008:svnHP-Pavilion:pnKT608AV-ABAd5000t:pvr:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rnBurbank:rvr1.01:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: KT608AV-ABA d5000t
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3+8.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

try sudo apt-get install indicator-appmenu It should fix it.

[Nathaniel Homier (mechamechanism)]

Thank you Omer Akram. Your solution fixed the problem. But why was this program not installed during the upgrade? We can now mark this as solved. But should I or someone else file a bug because indicator-appmenu was not installed during the upgrade or is this expected behaviour. Thanks again.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

we are tracking that as bug 1034668