Comment 5 for bug 1053853

I had the same thing happening to me, and indeed after upgrading using
software-updater, the issue was fixed.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Nizar <email address hidden> wrote:

> Was using apt-get upgrade which did not show any packages to upgrade
> (was having unity 6.6), but the software-updater gui found some packages
> to upgrade and fixed the issue for me.
>
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> Title:
> Unity does not display application menus, side bar not showing running
> apps
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Since I upgraded yesterday, I cannot see the application menu in the
> unity top bar, and the side bar is not showing the running application
> (arrows). It seems that unity is completely detached from the running
> apps. I attach screenshot.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: unity 6.4.0-0ubuntu6
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> 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]
> Date: Fri Sep 21 08:03:12 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386
> (20100429)
> ProcEnviron:
> LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-07 (13 days ago)
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