Marking as confirmed. Rebuilt with the following patch, which just renames all of the applications.menu references, and it seems to be working.
** Patch added: "panel-rename-menu.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798951/+attachment/2177585/+files/panel-rename-menu.patch ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798951 Title: Applications menu fails to open due to change to /etc/xdg/menus/gnome- applications.menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/798951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs