java eclipse-plugin : menuitems appear in windows but not on linux

Question

I am extending the tools menu with my own action cmds using the below line in the plugin.xml

   ...
   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
      <menuContribution
            locationURI="menu:org.eclipse.ui.main.menu?after=edit">
         <menu
               id="geditorToolsMenu"
               label="T&amp;ools"
               mnemonic="Tools">
            <dynamic
                  class="com.myproject.eclipse.geditor.editors.ExternalToolsMenuCompoundContributionItem"
                  id="my.project.MyCompoundContributionItem">
            </dynamic>
            <visibleWhen>
               <with
                     variable="activePart">
                  <or>
                     <or>
                        <instanceof
                              value="org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.IResourceNavigator">
                        </instanceof>
                        <instanceof
                              value="com.myproject.eclipse.geditor.editors.GBaseEditor">
                        </instanceof>
                        <instanceof
                              value="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerPart">
                        </instanceof>
                        <instanceof
                              value="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources.ProjectExplorer">
                        </instanceof>
                     </or>
                  </or>
               </with>
            </visibleWhen>
         </menu>
      </menuContribution>
   </extension>
   ...

The problem I am facing is that the "Tools" menu appears fine with all the menuitems in windows but on linux the "Tools" menu appears but on clicking it, I see a tiny bubble like popup.

Any ideas what might be causing this ?

Answer 1

The only problems of "menu display" for Linux in eclipse 3.4.x are described in this bug 227243.

Can you check if the scenarios detailed in the comments in that bug apply to your case ?

Answer 2

Are you testing with a completely new and clean install of Eclipse? My experience with Eclipse so far shows that over time, Eclipse can sometimes get a little messed up or confused and needs to be reinstalled fresh in order to work right sometimes. I shouldn't blame Eclipse, though, because it could totally be operator error.