I've been looking a lot for this, but I just can't get a global menu to get working on Xubuntu 11.10 64-bit. The best solution I've found is http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/10/how-to-enable-ubuntus-global-menu-in-xubuntu-11-10/ but it doesn't work: when I add the applet to the xfce panel, it seems to instantly crash. When I run xfce4-panel in the console, the last 3 lines look pretty relevant:
/usr/lib/xfce4-indicator-plugin/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-appmenu-plugin: error while loading shared libraries: libxfce4panel-1.0.so.3: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
xfce4-panel-Message: Plugin indicator-appmenu-29 has been automatically restarted after crash.
/usr/lib/xfce4-indicator-plugin/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-appmenu-plugin: error while loading shared libraries: libxfce4panel-1.0.so.3: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
This might indicate the plugin does not work on my 64bit OS, but I couldn't find a 64-bit alternative...
I would really appreciate if someone could help me a bit further with this. ANY way to get a global menu working will do! I got used to it on my hackintosh, and now I can't live without it. :)
PS: Although I stated [xubuntu] in the title, I actually run the default ubuntu, on top of which I installed xubuntu-desktop. I don't really use Unity anymore since it's too buggy without hardware acceleration.
Thank you in advance for the assistance, any suggestion is appreciated.