extra 'help' menu item blinks with cursor in terminal

[Matthew Cook]

Sometimes when I open the terminal app there will be an additional, non-interactive, 'Help' item in the menu bar which blinks in time with the cursor in the terminal. It's visible whether you have the mouse over the menubar or not, as shown in the attached video.

This happens only very rarely so I'm not sure of the triggering conditions, and it also fixes itself after a short amount of time / a few commands are run.

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Nov 21 14:48:56 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-07 (197 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Oh, wow... I never saw a machine asking for help in a such way! :)

Btw, can you please check if keeping a terminal with this command running:
 - dbus monitor --session --dest com.canonical.Unity.Panel.Service.Desktop --object-path /com/canonical/Unity/Panel/Service

Shows to you something like:
/com/canonical/Unity/Panel/Service: com.canonical.Unity.Panel.Service.ReSync ('libappmenu.so',)

in sync with the "Help" show?