Bug#805131: gnome-terminal: x-terminal-emulator fails in XFCE

[Stefan Monnier]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 3.18.1-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I use this machine both with Gnome and XFCE, depending on which user is logged
in.  My /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator points to /usr/bin/gnome-
terminal.wrapper.

When I log into XFCE and try to open a terminal it fails.  The error I get when
I try to start it from the command line (e.g. inside an "xterm"):

   % x-terminal-emulator
   Error constructing proxy for
org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Erreur lors de l'appel de
StartServiceByName pour org.gnome.Terminal :
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process
org.gnome.Terminal exited with status 9
   %

So, it looks like gnome-terminal.wrapper is not appropriate as a global
/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator since such a global setting should work
in other environments as well.
IOW either gnome-terminal.wrapper needs to be fixed to work in other
environments, or it should not be used for etc/alternatives/x-terminal-
emulator.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (100, 'stable'), (10, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.24.0-2
ii  gconf-service                                3.2.6-3
ii  gnome-terminal-data                          3.18.1-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.18.1-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.18.0-1
ii  libc6                                        2.19-22
ii  libcairo-gobject2                            1.14.4-1
ii  libcairo2                                    1.14.4-1
ii  libdconf1                                    0.24.0-2
ii  libgconf-2-4                                 3.2.6-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.32.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.46.1-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.18.2-1
ii  libnautilus-extension1a                      3.18.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.38.1-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.38.1-1
ii  libuuid1                                     2.27.1-1
ii  libvte-2.91-0                                0.42.1-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.3-1

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  dbus-x11  1.10.2-1
ii  gvfs      1.26.1.1-1
ii  yelp      3.16.1-1

gnome-terminal suggests no packages.

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