Index: source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx
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RCS file: /cvs/gsl/shell/source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 systemshell.cxx
--- shell/source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx	19 Jun 2007 16:12:44 -0000	1.8
+++ shell/source/unix/sysshell/systemshell.cxx	13 Apr 2008 15:27:22 -0000
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
 #endif
 
+#include "uno/current_context.hxx"
+
 #include "osl/module.hxx"
 
 using namespace ::com::sun::star;
@@ -116,6 +118,25 @@
     
     bool init_recent_manager_api()
     {
+        bool bInGnome = false;
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< uno::XCurrentContext > xCurrentContext(uno::getCurrentContext());
+
+            if (xCurrentContext.is())
+            {
+                uno::Any aValue = xCurrentContext->getValueByName(
+                    rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "system.desktop-environment" ) ) );
+
+                rtl::OUString aDesktopEnvironment;
+                if ( (aValue >>= aDesktopEnvironment) && (aDesktopEnvironment.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAscii("gnome")) )
+                    bInGnome = true;
+            }
+        } catch ( ... ) {}
+
+        if (!bInGnome)
+            return false;
+
         oslModule hDefault;
         if( osl_getModuleHandle( NULL, &hDefault ) )
         {