wxpython menu bar not displaying

Question

I am trying to write a timetabling program using wxpython for gui and am using the getting started tutorial on the wxpython wiki to get up to speed with wxpython but when I

Answer 1

add this to ~/.bashrc:

export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0

from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wxwidgets2.8/+bug/682478