This can be fixed by sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt then logout and login again. Not sure why it appeared in the first place.
-- 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/875157 Title: Hide menubar broken in gnome-terminal on startup Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In the Profile Preferences for gnome-terminal, I turned off 'Show menubar by default in new terminals' In gconf-editor, I turned off default_show_menubar unders apps/gnome- terminal/Profiles/default 'gnome-terminal --hide-menubar' doesn't work either. You can turn the menubar off and on however. But it's not persistent when you shutdown/restart the terminal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 15 19:03:22 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (0 days ago) XsessionErrors: (gnome-terminal:4016): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkHScale.update-policy (gnome-terminal:4295): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkHScale.update-policy (gnome-terminal:4363): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkHScale.update-policy (gnome-terminal:4813): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkHScale.update-policy (gnome-terminal:4893): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkHScale.update-policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/875157/+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

