I also have this problem running under Gnome Shell. I'm currently on 14.04, and this happened both before and after I installed with SDK team tools-development PPA. Previously on 12.04, I did not see this problem under Gnome Shell.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to appmenu-qt5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341603 Title: Missing menus in ubuntu-sdk when appmenu-qt5 is installed Status in “appmenu-qt5” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The menu bar in ubuntu-sdk is completely missing when appmenu-qt5 is installed. This has been tested in both "Ubuntu(Default)" and "AwesomeWM". When using "Ubuntu(Default)" I pressed alt to open the menu search dialog but was unable to find any menu items. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: appmenu-qt5 0.3.0+14.04.20140415-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jul 14 16:23:36 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-13 (150 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140211) SourcePackage: appmenu-qt5 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appmenu-qt5/+bug/1341603/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp