For gnome-shell users that want a workaround for this bug but want to preserve global menus in Unity then perhaps a better solution is to create a file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntu-menu-proxy with the single line content:
[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" != "ubuntu" ] && unset UBUNTU_MENUPROXY -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/787465 Title: View->Show MenuBar isn't working in 11.04 and later in gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appmenu-gtk/+bug/787465/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs