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

Package:
gnome-terminal
Source:
gnome-terminal
Description:
GNOME terminal emulator application
Submitter:
Stefan Monnier
Date:
2015-11-15 02:57:09 UTC
Severity:
normal
#805131#5
Date:
2015-11-15 02:54:15 UTC
From:
To:
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.