Ubuntu
firefox package

Firefox menu bar disappears in Unity

Bug #743310 reported by Pieter Ennes
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Global menubar extension
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
firefox (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

When running Firefox for a while, the programs menu disappears from the top Unity bar; hovering over it hides the title of the currently loaded page, but no menu is shown. Only a restart of Firefox makes the menu return...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 4.0~rc2+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 26 21:18:13 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 4.0~rc2+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1
 adobe-flashplugin N/A
 icedtea-plugin 1.1~20110320-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-23 (2 days ago)

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Pieter Ennes (skion) wrote :
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Jacopo Moronato (jmoronat) wrote :

It also happened to me, but I wasn't able to reproduce.

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Pieter Ennes (skion) wrote :

Just noticed a similar thing happens with Evolution: occasionally it only leaves a File->Close (Ctrl-W) menu option, which must be a reminiscent from another window, as the Evolution main window doesn't have an option like that.

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in globalmenu-extension:
status: New → Invalid
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