I think you are describing one of the differences between the Gnome window manager and the Unity 2D desktop. There is an option to login using the old Gnome desktop, but it is unlikely you used it -- you would have noticed bugs far more bothersome than menu bar behavior.
When you logged in, was there a menu with current selection "Ubuntu2D"? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826041 Title: Global Menu broken - the menu is showing up in the window Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The menu bar in the Terminal is showing up in the window as opposed to the global menu in the top bar. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 14 09:59:26 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110812) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-13 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/826041/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
