Subject: bug#28375: 25.1; The top line, with File, Edit, Options, Buffer etc. does not work. When selecting different pop-down menus it only shows a black rectangle instead of giving me the proper options to press.

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:22:58 -0400

Anders Olesen wrote:

> When trying to use Emacs, the top bar does not work properly. When
> installing packages, where the normal package shortcuts would normally
> be, there is nothing but a black rectangle, not giving me anything to
> click.
>
> In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11)
>  of 2017-03-29, modified by Debian built on lgw01-37
[...]
> System Description:	Ubuntu 17.04

Please clarify what you mean by the "top bar".
The Emacs menu-bar, tool-bar, or some kind of desktop-provided global menu?
(This is one time a screenshot might help.)
Perhaps see https://askubuntu.com/questions/870136/emacs25-empty-menus