@drossbox Yeah I noticed last night that gedit doesn't have a global menu either. I've got xubuntu-desktop installed too and that is when I noticed there was a problem with gedit (it starts for me). Nautilus doesn't have menus under xubuntu too.
I'm wondering if some setting in ./config/menus is the culprit (from googling), but haven't had time to look into it yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945097 Title: Lack of global menu and right-click menu with Nautilus Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When running Nautilus I don't have a global menu. I also don't have a right-click menu when I hover the mouse pointer over a file icon. The only menus I can get out of Nautilus is the window title right-click and right-clicking on the Devices/Computer/Network listing on the left hand side of the Nautiuls window. It makes doing anything with Nautilus very hard indeed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.3.90-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-powerpc 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-powerpc ppc ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: powerpc Date: Fri Mar 2 20:01:31 2012 GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '800x550+0+28' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta powerpc (20120228.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/945097/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp