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A proof layer — requirements, tests and verified fixes — for two of Omarchy's subsystems: the application menu (launcher scripts, QML model, JSONC config, search and selection) and the lock screen (lock scripts, QML, PAM authentication). Scope is deliberately limited to those components of omacom/omarchy; the rest of the distribution is not covered.

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nautilus "Trash Settings" / "File History Settings" buttons error out of the box (no gnome-control-center)

Reported by vbtwo31984 · filed Sep 6, 2026Closed upstream on 2026-09-06 by its own reporter vbtwo31984, as a duplicate of #5531 (R-4334). GitHub close reason: duplicate.

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1 · What is claimed?
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2 · What does it affect?
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3 · Is it reproducible?
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5 · What happens next?
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Original report

nautilus "Trash Settings" / "File History Settings" buttons error out of the box (no gnome-control-center)revision 1 · captured 2026-10-04 12:10 UTC via poll

System details

Intel Core i7-10750H, NVIDIA RTX 2070 Mobile (Optimus) + Intel UHD 630, Omarchy 4.0.2, nautilus 50.2.2-1

What's wrong?

The base package set installs nautilus but not gnome-control-center. Two built-in nautilus buttons hard-code a D-Bus call to org.gnome.Settings, which is therefore not activatable:

  • Trash view → Trash Settings
  • Recent view → File History Settings

Both fire the same call:

org.freedesktop.Application.ActivateAction("launch-panel", [<('privacy', [<'usage'>])>], {})
  on org.gnome.Settings

With no gnome-control-center present, clicking either shows this dialog:

There was an error launching the app. Details: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable

<img width="1249" height="1028" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2503c103-94b9-4601-97f1-1effb8477b20" />

Steps to reproduce

  1. Fresh Omarchy 4.0.2.
  2. Open Files, navigate to Trash (or Recent).
  3. Click "Trash Settings" (or "File History Settings" in Recent). (or right-click "Trash/Recent" in sidebar and click "Settings")
  4. Error dialog appears; nothing opens.

Headless repro:

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Settings --object-path /org/gnome/Settings \
  --method org.freedesktop.Application.ActivateAction launch-panel \
  "[<('privacy', [<'usage'>])>]" "{}"
# → Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable

Expected

The button opens something that can edit those settings, or it isn't shown. The panel only governs org.gnome.desktop.privacy keys: remember-recent-files, recent-files-max-age, remove-old-trash-files, old-files-age, remove-old-temp-files.

Possible directions (maintainers to weigh)

  • Set a sensible org.gnome.desktop.privacy remove-old-trash-files true (+ old-files-age) default in install/user/first-run/, matching the existing gnome-theme.sh / gtk-primary-paste.sh pattern, so trash self-manages; the button still errors but rarely gets used.
  • Ship a small stand-in that claims org.gnome.Settings and handles the launch-panel privacy action.
  • Bundle gnome-control-center (heavy; likely unwanted).

Full omarchy-debug available on request — it is the standard package list; the only relevant facts are gnome-control-center absent and nautilus 50.2.2-1 present.

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### System details

Intel Core i7-10750H, NVIDIA RTX 2070 Mobile (Optimus) + Intel UHD 630, Omarchy 4.0.2, nautilus 50.2.2-1

### What's wrong?

The base package set installs `nautilus` but not `gnome-control-center`. Two built-in nautilus buttons hard-code a D-Bus call to `org.gnome.Settings`, which is therefore not activatable:

- Trash view → **Trash Settings**
- Recent view → **File History Settings**

Both fire the same call:

```
org.freedesktop.Application.ActivateAction("launch-panel", [<('privacy', [<'usage'>])>], {})
  on org.gnome.Settings
```

With no `gnome-control-center` present, clicking either shows this dialog:

> **There was an error launching the app.**
> Details:
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable

<img width="1249" height="1028" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2503c103-94b9-4601-97f1-1effb8477b20" />

### Steps to reproduce

1. Fresh Omarchy 4.0.2.
2. Open Files, navigate to Trash (or Recent).
3. Click "Trash Settings" (or "File History Settings" in Recent). (or right-click "Trash/Recent" in sidebar and click "Settings")
4. Error dialog appears; nothing opens.

Headless repro:

```
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Settings --object-path /org/gnome/Settings \
  --method org.freedesktop.Application.ActivateAction launch-panel \
  "[<('privacy', [<'usage'>])>]" "{}"
# → Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
```

### Expected

The button opens something that can edit those settings, or it isn't shown. The panel only governs `org.gnome.desktop.privacy` keys: `remember-recent-files`, `recent-files-max-age`, `remove-old-trash-files`, `old-files-age`, `remove-old-temp-files`.

### Possible directions (maintainers to weigh)

- Set a sensible `org.gnome.desktop.privacy remove-old-trash-files true` (+ `old-files-age`) default in `install/user/first-run/`, matching the existing `gnome-theme.sh` / `gtk-primary-paste.sh` pattern, so trash self-manages; the button still errors but rarely gets used.
- Ship a small stand-in that claims `org.gnome.Settings` and handles the `launch-panel` privacy action.
- Bundle `gnome-control-center` (heavy; likely unwanted).

Full `omarchy-debug` available on request — it is the standard package list; the only relevant facts are `gnome-control-center` absent and `nautilus 50.2.2-1` present.
  • 2503c103-94b9-4601-97f1-1effb8477b20

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