# Issues with RedHat8 and XDG settings for desktop applications

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**Created:** [May 17, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/issues-with-redhat8-and-xdg-settings-for-desktop-applications/2703 "2023-05-17T17:22:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/issues-with-redhat8-and-xdg-settings-for-desktop-applications/2703/7 "2023-05-22T17:40:09Z")

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Here are a couple I found off the top of my head. Again though, they deal with XFCE, not MATE, but could be a similar issue as they are also RHEL 7 → 8 migrations.

> [@Matlab Interactive App with Xfce and Rocky 8 RHEL/8](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/matlab-interactive-app-with-xfce-and-rocky-8-rhel-8/2652):
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> Hello, I am using OnDemand version: 2.0.31 and I’m halfway to getting the Interactive Matlab App working. With the usual script.sh.erb it doesn’t worked and i always got an Connection refused Error. I worked it around with help of other Discourse Topics where @JeffOhrstorm mentioned to put sleep in between the script. Now i get a Launch Button on the Interactive App Session page but when i start the VNC Session i cant see Matlab, but i can see the desktop. So when i start a Terminal from the de…

> [@XFCE Windowing Issue With Interactive Apps](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/xfce-windowing-issue-with-interactive-apps/2647/2):
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> There is some issue in the way we wrote our apps and RHEL/8. Your OOD version has no affect on this issue. From the looks of your before.sh.erb you may have already seen these topics. I had to sprinkle in some sleep commands here and there. The last post on the MATLAB topic may be of interest too, it doesn’t have sleeps but also has eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax) which may be important in this context.

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