This is also fixed upstream, I think: http://code.google.com/p/vim/source/detail?r=3ecf9e91d88acdb5eaaf93cc15a18914b60e0eb3
changeset: 3087:3ecf9e91d88a tag: v7-3-315 user: Bram Moolenaar <b...@vim.org> date: Wed Sep 14 19:04:39 2011 +0200 files: src/gui.c src/version.c description: updated for version 7.3.315 Problem: Opening a window before forking causes problems for GTK. Solution: Fork first, create the window in the child and report back to the parent process whether it worked. If successful the parent exits, if unsuccessful the child exits and the parent continues in the terminal. (Tim Starling) I've built the newest upstream from sources, and I can confirm that the fix works fine: gvim (*without* -f) has a working global menu. ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776499 Title: gvim gets no global menu, timeout warning on the console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/776499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs