Max9 and HolgerN : try this solution for empy LXDE menu. I.e., tap "Debian Chroot" and type inside Debian terminal : # killall lxpanel # find ~/.cache/menus -name '*' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm # lxpanel -p LXDE & And tap the "Debian LXDE" again to verify if it works. It seems to be a LXDE bug.