repeating request on the same issue in accordance with your suggestion in the  email dated 04/20/2012 01:03:29PM

OS : Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit version ( i386 ) Kernel Linux 3.0.0-12-generic GNOME 3.2.1

DraftSight : V1R1.4

CPU : AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

PROBLEM :

after minimizing/maximizing DraftSight window once or twice

The most part of the menu items became unavailable or say menu is frozen

I tried what you recommended in your email 04/17/2012

 " -Can you retest the behavior with DraftSight default settings. For that : Close DraftSight, browse to location: Users\\user\\.config\\DraftSight\\1.2.xxx\\Profiles\\__unnamed profile__   Right click the profile.xml and Rename it to profile_backup.xml (or something similar) Restart DraftSight. Retest the issue. If problem still occurs, delete newly created ‘profile.xml’ file and please rename the old (profile_backup) back to ' profile'. -Try uninstall and reinstall of DraftSight and see if the problem persist. "

with no effect - issue persists

reinstalling the soft ( with the aid of 'dpkg install' command ) I was prompted to install libdirectfb-extra  which was done

having reinstalled DraftSight I installed also libxcb-render-util0 (just in case )

and now the same is the situation as it was depicted previously

PS : starting with the "plastique" parameter as it is advised on some forums

do not resolve the issue

TEMPORARY PALLIATIVE :

1. You should never minimize window - I find it to be quite tolerable inconvenience

and it works well

2.if you  accidentally  minimize/maximize the window and the menu is frozen , a remedy will be to close the current drawing window via 'close' button , save a work ,  open the drawing again  and then be careful ( see point 1 )

best regards

Vitus