[gnome] [SOLVED] Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04

StephaneLenclud

Hi,

After upgrading to 8.04 and going through the problem described on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865679 my desktop menu's behavior is broken in very much the same way as described on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=130660 . Except that the solution provided there ain't working for me.

It's like the menus have the old Apple menu behavior: click and hold to browse the menus and release the button to select a menu item. Except that it's broken and behaves half like that and half like a Windows menu. On top of that I can't just launch programs from the top bar anymore just by clicking the icons. I have to right click the program's icon to bring up the contextual menu and select launch. Also in FF mouse interaction is broken; can't bring up list box menu for instance.

Can anyone help me out with that?
Is there a way to restore Gnome's default configuration?

Cheers,
S.

StephaneLenclud

Sometimes my left click just won't work at all until I right click on an icon in the top bar. My desktop is just unusable

StephaneLenclud

It does look like my single left click is interpreted as a double click.

kflorek

Are you sure the menu configuration items won't fix this?

System->Prefernces->Mouse

like may left and right are changed? or Trigger secondary click by holding down the primary button.

StephaneLenclud

I was indeed a case of too many mouse click event generated. It appears that my X server configuration was broken. By looking at my xorg.conf I realized there was quite fun extra InputDevice in there. Things like stylus, cursor and eraser, when I only have a standard PC configuration with mouse, keyboard and no touch screen.

I fixed the problem by regenerating my X configuration using

Code:

X -configure

from the recovery console. Then I used the newly generated xorg.conf as a base and put back into it my keyboard, mouse and screen configuration from my original xorg.conf.

See http://slion.net/view/Dev/UbuntuUpgr...m_7_10_to_8_04

August 15th, 2008	#1
StephaneLenclud 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2007 Beans: 15	[SOLVED] Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 Hi, After upgrading to 8.04 and going through the problem described on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865679 my desktop menu's behavior is broken in very much the same way as described on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=130660 . Except that the solution provided there ain't working for me. It's like the menus have the old Apple menu behavior: click and hold to browse the menus and release the button to select a menu item. Except that it's broken and behaves half like that and half like a Windows menu. On top of that I can't just launch programs from the top bar anymore just by clicking the icons. I have to right click the program's icon to bring up the contextual menu and select launch. Also in FF mouse interaction is broken; can't bring up list box menu for instance. Can anyone help me out with that? Is there a way to restore Gnome's default configuration? Cheers, S.

August 15th, 2008	#2
StephaneLenclud 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2007 Beans: 15	Re: Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 Sometimes my left click just won't work at all until I right click on an icon in the top bar. My desktop is just unusable

August 16th, 2008	#3
StephaneLenclud 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2007 Beans: 15	Re: Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 It does look like my single left click is interpreted as a double click.

August 16th, 2008	#4
kflorek 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Beans: 25 Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala	Re: Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 Are you sure the menu configuration items won't fix this? System->Prefernces->Mouse like may left and right are changed? or Trigger secondary click by holding down the primary button.

August 16th, 2008	#5
StephaneLenclud 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2007 Beans: 15	Re: Broken Gnome menu after upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 I was indeed a case of too many mouse click event generated. It appears that my X server configuration was broken. By looking at my xorg.conf I realized there was quite fun extra InputDevice in there. Things like stylus, cursor and eraser, when I only have a standard PC configuration with mouse, keyboard and no touch screen. I fixed the problem by regenerating my X configuration using Code: X -configure from the recovery console. Then I used the newly generated xorg.conf as a base and put back into it my keyboard, mouse and screen configuration from my original xorg.conf. See http://slion.net/view/Dev/UbuntuUpgr...m_7_10_to_8_04

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