Quicklaunch is the Windows name. In the start menu bar (which is
typically on top for ubuntu), a series of icons for directly launching
an application without having to fish through any menus. Typically
there is firefox, evolution, and help after a fresh UBU install.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Sebastien Bacher<seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> what is quicklaunch and do you get the issue without using that thing?
>
> --
> after trying to start firefox from quicklaunch icon, left-side menus stop 
> working/freeze/don't open
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391817
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>
> Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-panel
>
> Version: 8.10
>
> apt-cache policy gnome-panel
> gnome-panel:
>  Installed: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1
>  Candidate: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1
>  Version table:
>  *** 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 0
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>     1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2 0
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
>
> Expectation: Menu and quick-launch icons continue to work
>
> Instead:
>
> Seems similar to many other panel errors out there, but existing bugs don't 
> match mine exactly...
>
> I was using dual monitors with non-binary/propietary drivers, then switched 
> to nvidia for my dual monitors.
>
> Since then, if I click the firefox quick-launch icon on the top bar, firefox 
> doesn't launch, and the Applications / Places / System menus stop working. 
> However, the Power Down, Network Connectivity, and Sound options on the right 
> hand side still work.
>
> I am able to open firefox by clicking on a desktop .html link after the menus 
> stops working.
>

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after trying to start firefox from quicklaunch icon, left-side menus stop 
working/freeze/don't open
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391817
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