your correct, this command: sudo dpkg --force-confmiss -i '/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-menus_2.17.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb'
fixed the problem. thanks a lot -- feisty missing shortcut menu problems https://launchpad.net/bugs/80427 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
