AppVMs based on Debian (7 & 8) templates fail to open application windows

[mfc]

see mention in email thread:
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5578070E.7080801%40gmail.com

It sounds like it is related to a problem some of us are having in
Debian 8: The same org.gnome.SessionManager error when trying to run
nautilus, and the window may not appear (especially if you run it from
the launcher menu).

However, if you run nautilus from terminal it should start the gnome
SessionManager service before opening the window. So if you keep a
nautilus window open while testing gnome-keyring functions you may find
that it works.

I can verify this issue, and have encountered this with both Debian 7 and Debian 8 templates. For Debian 8-based AppVMs, even the terminal will not appear when chosen, rendering Debian 8-based AppVMs unusable.

[marmarek]

R2 or R3?
In case of R3 check packages in testing repository (uncomment
appropriate line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r3.list).

You should be able to start xterm if gnome-terminal is not working.

Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

[marmarek]

R2 or R3?
In case of R3 check packages in testing repository (uncomment
appropriate line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r3.list).

You should be able to start xterm if gnome-terminal is not working.

Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

[mfc]

R3, great thanks for the heads-up.

[mfc]

R3, great thanks for the heads-up.

[faern]

If the issue is that you can't open gnome-terminal but xterm works fine, it's probably a locale problem. Try starting xterm and from there start gnome-terminal. If it's complaining about locales run this in your debian-8 template:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Find and select en_US.UTF-8 or whatever you want to use, on the next screen use the same locale as default. After this you should be able to run applications directly.

[faern]

If the issue is that you can't open gnome-terminal but xterm works fine, it's probably a locale problem. Try starting xterm and from there start gnome-terminal. If it's complaining about locales run this in your debian-8 template:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Find and select en_US.UTF-8 or whatever you want to use, on the next screen use the same locale as default. After this you should be able to run applications directly.

[marmarek]

Duplicate of #1033

[marmarek]

Duplicate of #1033