I had the same problem, no "application" menu part, i solved it by dragging a program icon from another menu into the gnome-main-menu thingie. and it worked, i got it back! hope i can help someone else with this..
-- gnome main menu missing favorite applications and system options https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149123 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs