[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 8853] New: Cannot configure Gnome services through gnome-control-center in an XFCE session

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8853

          Priority: Medium
            Bug ID: 8853
                CC: benny at xfce.org, nick at xfce.org
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
           Summary: Cannot configure Gnome services through
                    gnome-control-center in an XFCE session
        QA Contact: bjt23 at cornell.edu
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Xfce
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: mxf4 at stjernholm.org
          Hardware: Other
            Status: NEW
           Version: 4.8.0
         Component: General
           Product: Xfce4-session

There's an option "Launch GNOME services on startup" in the Session and Startup
settings. If it is used then a number of Gnome services start (it'd be nice to
control which ones). It is however not possible to configure them with Gnome UI
tools from within the XFCE afaik:

If I open gnome-control-center then there are only very few panels present, and
all the important ones, such as keyboard settings, are missing. The reason for
this is that the entry files for the panels in /usr/share/applications/ contain
"OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;" - if I add "XFCE;" to one of those then the
corresponding panel shows properly and appears to work fine.

In my case the .desktop files come from the gnome-control-center package in
Ubuntu Precise (1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2).

This is clearly a coexistence bug that cannot be blamed solely on XFCE, but
nevertheless the option to run some Gnome services inside XFCE would be very
useful. (In my case I need the Gnome keyring services, and I'd also like to use
the Gnome keyboard shortcut handling, which as opposed to XFCE's handles
abstract events like play/pause etc.)

Thanks.

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