Audacity menu and iconbar is missing in gnome shell

Bug #1070563 reported by Christoph Langner
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #662077: WxWidgets apps don't have menus. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 9 people
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audacity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

I installed audacity from within the repos in Ubuntu Qantal. There's no menu or iconbar inside the app. SImilar like the situation with LibreOffice during the development of Quantal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: audacity 2.0.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
AlsaCards:
 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                       HDA Intel at 0xfbdf0000 irq 46
  1 [CinemaTM ]: USB-Audio - Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM)
                       Microsoft Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM) at usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.4.1, high speed
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 23 23:36:27 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120724.2)
SourcePackage: audacity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Christoph Langner (chrissss) wrote :
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Christoph Langner (chrissss) wrote :

As workaround you can hit Ctrl+N to open a new instance which has it's usual menus and icons.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in audacity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Paul Ortyl (ortylp) wrote :

Other workaround (works at least when running under xfce)
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 audacity

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t-dome (t-dome) wrote :

UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 also works under Kubuntu 12.10 64 bit.

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