Global app-menu is missing from Unity panel...

[AG Restringere]

Upgraded to 13.10 and there's a strange issue with the global menu - the one in the panel - it isn't consistent for all applications. For example GIMP is missing it's menu at the top of the panel and instead has it below the panel. Screenshot included. wanted to know if it's supposed to be that way or if there's a fix, thanks...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity 7.1.0+13.10.20130829.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-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 319.32 Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013
 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-9ubuntu1)
.proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev:
 Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
 on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
 requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
 drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
 corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
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
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Thu Sep 5 11:56:46 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-09-04 18:37:41,066 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:050e]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-16 (232 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MachineType: HP-Pavilion GC674AA-ABA m8120n
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-4-generic root=UUID=73dd09de-3940-4451-a160-8a036cc025a3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-04 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 5.09
dmi.board.name: Basswood3G
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.05
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: 1111
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.09:bd06/08/2007:svnHP-Pavilion:pnGC674AA-ABAm8120n:pvr:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnBasswood3G:rvr1.05:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr1111:
dmi.product.name: GC674AA-ABA m8120n
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20130828.2-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2-1ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.14-4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Thu Sep 5 10:26:27 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
 input ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse MOUSE, id 9
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu4

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

It looks like appmenus have stopped working entirely for GTK-based applications in a recent update.

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Please attach a copy of your ~/.cache/upstart/unity-panel-service.log file to this bug.

[AG Restringere (ag-restringere-deactivatedaccount)]

Since I downgraded to 13.04 I will have to wait to upgrade after the stable 13.10 release is available and re-test, generate the logs and see if this still exists.

[Dave Vree (hdave)]

I have the released version of 3.10 and am seeing this.

[Stefan Sundin (stefansundin)]

I am experiencing this as well. After upgrade I the package appmenu-gtk and appmenu-gtk3 are no longer installed and when I try to install them, I receive this error:

Package appmenu-gtk3 has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list

I am attaching my unity-panel-service.log if it helps.

[Dan (dannyhajj)]

I had teh same issue, but turns out that the following two packages were not installed:

unity-gtk-module-common unity-gtk3-module

The following fixed it for me:

sudo apt-get install unity-gtk-module-common unity-gtk3-module

On side note why this has happened to me is cause of this bug during the upgrade:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1241563

Which broke my upgrade progress, I was only able to continue it with sudo apt-get install -f which most likefly failed to install new packages as it didn't know about them

[John de Waal (6ohn)]

It seems to me the panel menu stops working after using it in GIMP. First menu's are reacting very slow, then it desappears. (for all applications).
It takes some time and then it re-appears again.

I have the requested log attached.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[mmx73 (mmx73)]

I have the same problem, does anybody need some more log information to make a finale descision about this bug. As far as I understand the comments here downgrading to a lower gimp version will not solve the problem.

In Reply to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1221304/comments/8 :

sudo apt-get install unity-gtk-module-common unity-gtk3-module

did not fix it for me because alle packages were uptodate.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

This bug is just a work-around for another one, while the second is being addressed.