Why launching applications through Application menu does not work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?

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Issue

  • Why launching applications through Application menu does not work on RHEL 7?
  • Getting JS ERROR: !!! Exception was: Error: can't convert event.get_time() to an integer in /var/log/messages and journalctl log.

    Jun 05 17:09:14 hostname gnome-session[29144]: JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: Error: can't convert event.get_time() to an integer
    Jun 05 17:09:14 hostname gnome-session[29144]: JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"can't convert event.get_time() to an integer"'
    Jun 05 17:09:14 hostname gnome-session[29144]: JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/extension.js"'
    Jun 05 17:09:14 hostname gnome-session[29144]: JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '77'
    Jun 05 17:09:14 hostname gnome-session[29144]: JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"([object GObject_Union])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/extension.js:77
    
  • Cannot start anything from the GNOME toolbar. When opening the Applications or Places tabs on the top panel of GNOME, I can view and highlight options, but they will not open.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • gnome-shell-3.8.4-31.el7.x86_64
  • gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu-3.8.4-9.el7.noarch

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