qt client settings

[Ecurb123]

Hello,

I downloaded the qt client in ubuntu and I don't see the settings menu. For example where is the option to encrypt the wallet?

[deepceleron]

It's a menu option, under settings. Don't see a menu?? :

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04,
One thing I notice is that the menu (File, Help, & such) does not seem to display if the program is shut down, and then restarted.  If the window is maximized, these items show up again.

You are not the first to report strangeness with Unity (the bastard pile of MacOS wannabe move-the-menu-to-the-top bs that Ubuntu slapped on Gnome in order to keep up with Windows 8 in the stupidifying of GUIs). There is an official issue here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/1242 where you can add your steps to replicate on 0.8.0.

The workaround is sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.

[Ecurb123]

Yep that was it! Maximized the window and there they are. Thanks so much!

[Ecurb123]

One more quick question. Now that I've encrypted my wallet, when do I need to unencrypt it? I'm guessing it's when I go to actually send btc, because that would seem to be the time when it will be needed.