Marking this as confirmed as this has also happened to me after the latest batch of updates. I see the same error in .xsession-errors as is listed above when I try to fire up alacarte.
** Changed in: gnome-menus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- application menu is empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146883 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-menus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs