Global menu disappears

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Seemingly randomly, on several different machines, the global menus for all applications stop working. Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS, Cupertino layout. When one goes, they all go, and the top panel shows only the Desktop menu.

Logging out and back in “solves” the problem temporarily.

  1. Is this a known problem?
  2. How can I provide useful information to assist in a fix?
  3. In the meantime, can the global menu app be restarted without logging out?

(I think it is mate-applet-appmenu, but I’m not sure of that).

Charles Nix

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I'm having the same problem, only I only seem to get the Global Menu about every third reboot, and it doesn't stay around long. Looking for a quicker fix than logging in and out.

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oops -- I didn't realize the menu bar has a Preferences option, fixed it there.

still figuring out what to tweak with Compiz and what Mate tools work. for instance, I moved the dock to the left, like classic Unity, but unsure how to configure it -- make it autohide, for instance.