Gvim displays lots of scary messages about UNITY_GTK_IS_MENU_SHELL

[Alexandru Panoiu]

When launched from a terminal the widely used text editor gvim displays lots WARNING and CRITICAL messages such as:

** (gvim:3608): WARNING **: (../../../lib/unity-gtk-menu-shell.c:176):unity_gtk_menu_shell_show_item: code should not be reached

** (gvim:3608): CRITICAL **: unity_gtk_menu_shell_handle_item_notify: assertion 'UNITY_GTK_IS_MENU_SHELL (shell)' failed

This did not happen in 15.04. It is a most embarrassing bug. Gvim is an essential tool for many users.

I am using Ubuntu 15.10 Beta 2.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
Release: 15.10
$ apt-cache policy vim-gnome
vim-gnome:
  Installed: 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy vim-gtk
vim-gtk:
  Installed: 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I expected to be able to use Gvim. Now Gvim pollutes the terminal with scary messages, and disturbs the messages shown by other programs running in the terminal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: vim-gnome 2:7.4.712-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-11.13-generic 4.2.1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Sep 26 00:40:37 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-25 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150924)
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Someone needs to check if this is a security bug.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) reached end-of-life on July 28, 2016.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue while using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vim (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Closing as both other tasks are 'Expired'