Can't View or Access Menus

Bug #1250991 reported by Lonnie Lee Best
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GNOME Terminal
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xterm
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bash (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

In Ubuntu 13.04, the terminal had a menu, integrated into the top panel, that would allow me to configure settings/preferences.

So far, in Ubuntu 13.10, I cannot access this menu: while my terminal's window has focus, the menu doesn't show up when I hover my mouse over the top panel.

Hopefully I've associated this bug with the correct package.

I'm specifically trying to address the default terminal in Ubuntu Unity 13.10. There is nothing that would indicated it's package's name, but pstree showed me this:

├─lightdm─┬─Xorg───2*[{Xorg}]
     │ ├─lightdm─┬─init─┬─/usr/bin/x-term─┬─bash───pstree
     │ │ │ │ ├─gnome-pty-helpe
     │ │ │ │ └─3*[{/usr/bin/x-term}]

So, I'm assuming the package is xterm. If it is not, please help me associate this bug with the proper package.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: xterm 278-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Wed Nov 13 13:09:51 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-10-17 22:50:17,912 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02a0]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02a0]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-07 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1737
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=7c3ef483-50e8-4685-9adb-038e70e36e45 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xterm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-18 (26 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/14/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0P792H
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A09
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A09
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd04/14/2011:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1737:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rn0P792H:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA09:
dmi.product.name: Studio 1737
dmi.product.version: A09
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Wed Nov 13 10:44:22 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 0
 vendor LPL
xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2

Revision history for this message
Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote :
affects: xterm (Ubuntu) → bash (Ubuntu)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote :

I did find alternative way to change my preferences by right-clicking in the terminal and going to preferences. But, the fact that the panel menu is gone still remains.

Revision history for this message
Thomas Dickey (dickey-his) wrote :

"/usr/bin/x-term" has to be a truncated form of "/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator"
(Debian's symbolic link via /etc/alternatives). The default terminal in Ubuntu
is the VTE-based gnome-terminal.

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