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menu not showing on Bitcoin-qt

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Valence

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I just installed the latest version of Bitcoin-QT on my 12.04 system, and for some reason the menu at the top (i.e. file, settings, etc.) doesn't show when I run the program. I found 2 other threads on this issue but the solutions given haven't gotten the menu to work for me. Here are the links to the other threads:

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10482/no-menu-in-unbuntu-bitcoin-qt

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187302.0

Any suggestions? I'm thinking about just re-installing ubuntu, maybe upgrading to 13.04. Definitely open to other ideas though.
 
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Valence said:
I'm too much of a newbie to even know what that means, so not unless I did so by mistake :biggrin:

Any way I can check on that?
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Open it up and see if the file reflects your changes. If you used sudo and entered your password, you edited it as root, but perhaps you didn't save it?

Btw, your first link is bad. I'm going off the second link.
 
lxskllr said:
Open it up and see if the file reflects your changes. If you used sudo and entered your password, you edited it as root, but perhaps you didn't save it?

Btw, your first link is bad. I'm going off the second link.
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Thanks for clarifying that. I did edit as root as I remember entering my password when I opened the file. I must have forgotten to save it though, because when I opened it again it the original line was unchanged.

So this time I edited and saved the file, but when I tried opening my bitcoin app in the Dash it wouldn't open. I would click on the icon and nothing would happen. So I went back and changed the file back and the program opens again, only with the same menu issue. Am I doing something wrong?

And sorry about the first link. I fixed it and I think it's working now.
 
Looks like a known problem without an obvious solution. Check out their bug tracker. You may find something that works for you. I guess you're using the ppa? You may want to try compiling from source. I dunno. The fixes seem like magic, and what works for some doesn't work for all. Here's the bug report with an earlier report linked from the thread...

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2691
 
Thanks a lot for your help, I'll try compiling from code if this becomes enough of an issue. I've actually been able to at least get menu options using the solution from the first of the 2 links I posted, using Alt to open the dash, then typing in the option I want. It's a pain, but at least it's workable.
 
Valence said:
Thanks a lot for your help, I'll try compiling from code if this becomes enough of an issue. I've actually been able to at least get menu options using the solution from the first of the 2 links I posted, using Alt to open the dash, then typing in the option I want. It's a pain, but at least it's workable.
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There's a different way to this. Open up your text editor and copy and paste this

Code: 
#!/bin/bash

APPMENU_DISPLAY_BOTH=1 bitcoin-qt

Save the file as "bitcoin" where ever you like.

Then right click on the file and go to properties. There should be a checkbox that says something like "Execute this file as a program". Check that box and click ok. you should now be able to start bitcoin-qt by double clicking on the file.
 
Jodell88 said:
There's a different way to this. Open up your text editor and copy and paste this

Code: 
#!/bin/bash

APPMENU_DISPLAY_BOTH=1 bitcoin-qt

Save the file as "bitcoin" where ever you like.

Then right click on the file and go to properties. There should be a checkbox that says something like "Execute this file as a program". Check that box and click ok. you should now be able to start bitcoin-qt by double clicking on the file.
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This one did it, I now have a menu. Thanks! :biggrin:
 
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