Package: gnome Version: 1:3.22+3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
When using the Gnome desktop, I cannot find the xterm icon by clicking on Activities or by hitting the Super key and typing "xterm". I know that I can run xterm by using Alt-F2, but that is not what I am looking for. Whenever I install Debian and use its default desktop, Gnome, it always appears like xterm is missing. If I hit the Super key and type in "term" I get these responses: * Multilingual Terminal * Thai X Terminal * Terminal [Presumably Gnome-Terminal] If I type in "xterm", Gnome just says "Searching..." until I get tired and cancel it. However, xterm is installed and it even has a proper desktop entry in /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop. I wasted way too much time investigating why this didn't work, since it clearly should. It turns out that some part of Gnome is creating a *second* desktop file which disables the first one by setting NoDisplay = True. This is extremely frustrating and unnecessary. The file is /usr/share/gnome/applications/debian-xterm.desktop I would like to tell you which part of Gnome is the culprit, but `dpkg -S` on the file says it doesn't belong to any packages. I can understand that certain distributions derived from Debian — those which believe minimalism equates to simplicity — may wish to hide "redundant" functionality like `xterm`. However, it doesn't make sense to hide xterm from Debian users. And if it did, it certainly should not be implemented in such a hard to discover way. I request that Debian's Gnome stop overriding debian-xterm.desktop, please. Thank you. P.S. Any distributions derived from Debian would of course be free to create their own package which overrides debian-xterm.desktop. I suggest those distributions, instead of creating a second file, create a package that runs dpkg-divert --divert /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop.disabled \ --rename /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop That way, they will have stopped xterm from cluttering their menus, but in a way that might be more easily discoverable by users trying to re-enable it. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages gnome depends on: ii avahi-daemon 0.6.32-2 ii cheese 3.22.1-1+b1 ii cups-pk-helper 0.2.6-1+b1 ii desktop-base 9.0.2+deb9u1 ii evolution 3.22.6-1+deb9u1 ii evolution-plugins 3.22.6-1+deb9u1 ii file-roller 3.22.3-1 ii gedit-plugins 3.22.0-1 ii gimp 2.8.18-1+deb9u1 ii gnome-calendar 3.22.4-2 ii gnome-clocks 3.22.1-1 ii gnome-color-manager 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-core 1:3.22+3 ii gnome-dictionary 3.20.0-3+b1 ii gnome-documents 3.22.1-1 ii gnome-getting-started-docs 3.22.0-1 ii gnome-maps 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-music 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-orca 3.22.2-3 ii gnome-screenshot 3.22.0-1+b1 ii gnome-sound-recorder 3.21.92-2 ii gnome-tweak-tool 3.22.0-1 ii gnome-weather 3.20.2-1 ii gstreamer1.0-libav 1.10.4-1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 1.10.4-1 ii inkscape 0.92.1-1 ii libgsf-bin 1.14.41-1 ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.2499-1 ii libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager 0.4.14-2 ii libreoffice-calc 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4 ii libreoffice-evolution 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4 ii libreoffice-gnome 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4 ii libreoffice-impress 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4 ii libreoffice-writer 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4 ii nautilus-sendto 3.8.4-2+b1 ii network-manager-gnome 1.4.4-1+deb9u1 ii rhythmbox 3.4.1-2+b1 ii rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder 3.4.1-2+b1 ii rhythmbox-plugins 3.4.1-2+b1 ii rygel-playbin 0.32.1-3 ii rygel-tracker 0.32.1-3 ii seahorse 3.20.0-3.1 ii shotwell 0.25.4+really0.24.5-0.1 ii simple-scan 3.23.2-1 ii totem-plugins 3.22.1-1 ii vinagre 3.22.0-1+b1 ii xdg-user-dirs-gtk 0.10-1+b1 Versions of packages gnome recommends: ii brasero 3.12.1-4 ii gnome-games 1:3.22+3 ii polari 3.22.2-1 ii transmission-gtk 2.92-2+deb9u1 Versions of packages gnome suggests: pn alacarte <none> pn empathy <none> pn firefox-esr-l10n-all | firefox-l10n-all <none> pn goobox | sound-juicer <none> pn xul-ext-gnome-keyring <none> pn xul-ext-ublock-origin <none> Versions of packages gnome-core depends on: ii adwaita-icon-theme 3.22.0-1+deb9u1 ii at-spi2-core 2.22.0-6+deb9u1 ii baobab 3.22.1-1 ii caribou 0.4.21-1+b1 ii chrome-gnome-shell 8-4 ii dconf-cli 0.26.0-2+b1 ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.26.0-2+b1 ii eog 3.20.5-1+b1 ii evince 3.22.1-3+deb9u1 ii evolution-data-server 3.22.7-1 ii firefox-esr 60.4.0esr-1~deb9u1 ii fonts-cantarell 0.0.25-2 ii gdm3 3.22.3-3+deb9u2 ii gedit 3.22.0-2 ii gkbd-capplet 3.22.0.1-1+b1 ii glib-networking 2.50.0-1+b1 ii gnome-backgrounds 3.22.1-1 ii gnome-bluetooth 3.20.1-1 ii gnome-calculator 3.22.3-1 ii gnome-characters 3.22.0-1 ii gnome-contacts 3.22.1-1+b2 ii gnome-control-center 1:3.22.2-3 ii gnome-disk-utility 3.22.1-1 ii gnome-font-viewer 3.22.0-1+b1 ii gnome-keyring 3.20.0-3 ii gnome-logs 3.22.1-2 ii gnome-menus 3.13.3-9 ii gnome-online-accounts 3.22.5-1 ii gnome-online-miners 3.22.0-1 ii gnome-session 3.22.3-1 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.22.2-2+deb9u2 ii gnome-shell 3.22.3-3 ii gnome-shell-extensions 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-software 3.22.5-1 ii gnome-sushi 3.21.91-2 ii gnome-system-monitor 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-terminal 3.22.2-1 ii gnome-themes-standard 3.22.2-2 ii gnome-user-guide 3.22.0-1 ii gnome-user-share 3.18.3-1+b1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.22.0-1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.10.4-1 ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.10.4-1 ii gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio 1.10.4-1 ii gvfs-backends 1.30.4-1 ii gvfs-bin 1.30.4-1 ii gvfs-fuse 1.30.4-1 ii libatk-adaptor 2.22.0-2 ii libcanberra-pulse 0.30-3 ii libcaribou-gtk-module 0.4.21-1+b1 ii libcaribou-gtk3-module 0.4.21-1+b1 ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.20.0-3 ii libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 0.4.14-2 ii nautilus 3.22.3-1+deb9u1 ii pulseaudio 10.0-1+deb9u1 ii sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-1 ii system-config-printer-common 1.5.7-3 ii system-config-printer-udev 1.5.7-3+b1 ii totem 3.22.1-1 ii tracker-gui 1.10.5-1 ii vino 3.22.0-1 ii yelp 3.22.0-1 ii zenity 3.22.0-1+b1 Versions of packages gnome-core recommends: ii anacron 2.3-24 ii libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager 0.4.14-2 ii network-manager-gnome 1.4.4-1+deb9u1 gnome-core suggests no packages. -- no debconf information --1549612708-eximdsn-1804289383--