Menu viewing problem...

[Larry Shields]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Thu, 12/25/08, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
>
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>> From: Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net>
>> Subject: Re: Menu viewing problem...
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008, 8:20 AM
>> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>>     
>>> --- On Thu, 12/25/08, Larry Shields
>>>       
>> <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> From: Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net>
>>>> Subject: Menu viewing problem...
>>>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
>>>>         
>> general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>     
>>>> Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008, 5:53 AM
>>>> *I seem to be having a problem in most all of my
>>>>         
>> programs
>>     
>>>> that I run...
>>>>
>>>> Say for Openoffice wordprocessor all of the menus
>>>>         
>> at the
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>>>> top I can not 
>>>> view, All I see is ___    ___  ____, when I click
>>>>         
>> on anyone
>>     
>>>> of these 
>>>> lines which are the drop-down menu's I can not
>>>>         
>> view
>>     
>>>> anything...
>>>>
>>>> There must be some settings that are messed up,
>>>>         
>> might some
>>     
>>>> one have any 
>>>> idea of whats wrong here...???
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help on this...
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>         
>>> Larry, there may be other more specific solution but
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> easiest, quickest solution may be to purge all of OO.o
>>> programs and then reinstall.  If the problem is indeed
>>> caused by a configuration issue in OO.o, this should
>>> fix it.  HTH.  Do an aptitude search for openoffice*
>>>       
>> to
>>     
>>> list all the installed files, then add each one to
>>>       
>> your
>>     
>>> purge command to assure yourself that you purge all
>>> related files. In any case this shouldn't hurt
>>>       
>> anything
>>     
>>> as long as you reinstall.
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>       
>> *Hello Leonard,
>>
>> The OO.o was just an example, it is happening on other
>> programs as well...
>>
>> My system has two hard drives,  with Intrepid installed on
>> both of them, 
>> on this hard drive everything works fine, the other HD also
>> did at one 
>> time, but now it seems to have gotten messed up some
>> how...They both are 
>> keep'ed up to date, so it isn't from any updates
>> that have been install...
>>
>> So I just wanted to know if anyone had the same problem and
>> had a fix 
>> for it...
>>
>> Thanks for the reply...
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>     
> Sorry, I can't help on your menu issue; never had the issue
> myself on any program.  However, the purge advice is good
> for anything that may be configuration related as it removes
> those files and starts again with the defaults. Even though
> you have two drives set up identically, that doesn't preclude
> one messing up somehow.  However, I can't fathom what issue
> would cause the menu issue on several different programs.
> Perhaps there are others that can be of more help.  Good luck.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>  
>
>   
Hello Again,

Well I kind of figured that it would be hard to pin down, unless someone 
had had the same problem...

I just may reinstall Intrepid again on that HD...

Have a nice Christmas...

Larry