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The old menu of Archive, Edit etc. is behind the gnome-shell panel and it's very annoying. How do I remove this menu in the top panel? I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 by the way.

Here is the problem.

I hope someone can help.

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  • Cinnamon or gnome-classic?
    – Tachyons
    Feb 18, 2012 at 4:06

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By the looks, that's the Ubuntu global menu. To remove it, open a terminal and paste this

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

You may need to restart your computer afterwards. If you wver want them back, simply reinstall the packages.

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  • Why he have to remove global menu for just gnome? It will effect unity also if he is a unity user too. ,
    – Tachyons
    Feb 18, 2012 at 4:22
  • Thank you very much!! that was the answer :D Long days and pleasant nights to you.
    – Manck
    Feb 18, 2012 at 4:23
  • @AboobackerMk I know, it's ridiculous. But i've run into this myself, and it was the only way there seems to be to get around it. If anyone knows of a better way, please let us know! Feb 18, 2012 at 4:29
  • But is it gnome-classic gnome-shell or cinnamon? Installed gnome-shell extension for global menu? If yes disable it via gnome-tweak-tool
    – Tachyons
    Feb 18, 2012 at 4:37
  • No, it wasn't a real menu, it was just like a background, but this worked fine. And it's gnome shell. I think a part of the classic entered in the shell, but Im not sure why.
    – Manck
    Feb 18, 2012 at 4:50
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Yes there is a better way than removing the appmenu packages. Just type the following:

echo '[ ${DESKTOP_SESSION#ubuntu} = $DESKTOP_SESSION ] && unset UBUNTU_MENUPROXY' | sudo tee /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntu-menu-proxy

This will fix the gnome-shell problem but not affect Unity, nor Unity-2D.

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