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Ubuntu Arc Menu Upgrade Error

Tonight a desktop notification popped up on my Ubuntu 19.10 desktop to remind me that my Arc Menu Gnome Extension had an update.

Here is the Arc Menu in action:

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Normally I can update it via either Google Chrome or Firefox using the Gnome Extensions website however tonight when I tried the update an error occurred.

Literrally an Error!

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Missing Menu

The menu was also missing and I tried to reinstall, reboot and all the usual turn it off and back on again tricks but to no avail.

After some duckduckgoโ€™ing (I am trying duckduckgo as my default search these days over the evil Google), I came across the solution of restarting Gnome.

Solution

So for anyone else that needs this solution or for me if/when this happens again here is what to do when you see the error.

Press Alt+F2 to bring up a dialog then type r to restart the Gnome process.

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After a refresh, the menu should be working and the error will be gone.

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Success ๐ŸŽ‰

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