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Bug 1699369

Summary: Doesn't support non-UTF-8 locales
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Steve Dickson <steved>
Component: gnome-terminalAssignee: Debarshi Ray <debarshir>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 8.0CC: advax, aph, baumanmo, debarshir, dinechin, jaeshin, mclasen
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 8.0   
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Last Closed: 2019-04-19 15:00:18 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Steve Dickson 2019-04-12 14:04:28 UTC
Description of problem:
click on the gnome-terminal from the gnome desktop and I get the following errors

dbus-daemon[2638]: [session uid=3606 pid=2638] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.74' (uid=3606 pid=3729 comm="gnome-terminal " label="unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023")
systemd[2612]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server...
gnome-terminal-server[3735]: Non UTF-8 locale (ISO-8859-1) is not supported!
systemd[2612]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=8/n/a
systemd[2612]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[2612]: Failed to start GNOME Terminal Server.
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/shell/extensions/classic-overrides/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/shell/extensions/classic-overrides/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 1)
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[3729]: # Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-terminal-3.28.2-3.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on gnome-terminal icon
2.
3.

Actual results:
Nothing

Expected results:
a terminal pops up.

Comment 1 Christian Persch 2019-04-13 14:21:38 UTC
This isn't a bug, it's a configuration issue on your computer. The issue is right here in the logs:

gnome-terminal-server[3735]: Non UTF-8 locale (ISO-8859-1) is not supported!

Comment 2 Steve Dickson 2019-04-19 15:00:18 UTC
(In reply to Christian Persch (GNOME) from comment #1)
> This isn't a bug, it's a configuration issue on your computer. The issue is
> right here in the logs:
> 
> gnome-terminal-server[3735]: Non UTF-8 locale (ISO-8859-1) is not supported!

Fair enough... Thanks..

Comment 3 Steve Dickson 2019-05-01 18:56:38 UTC
(In reply to Christian Persch (GNOME) from comment #1)
> This isn't a bug, it's a configuration issue on your computer. The issue is
> right here in the logs:
> 
> gnome-terminal-server[3735]: Non UTF-8 locale (ISO-8859-1) is not supported!

So what locale is supported and How should I set it?

Comment 5 Debarshi Ray 2020-05-27 14:43:51 UTC
(In reply to Steve Dickson from comment #3)
> (In reply to Christian Persch (GNOME) from comment #1)
> > This isn't a bug, it's a configuration issue on your computer. The issue is
> > right here in the logs:
> > 
> > gnome-terminal-server[3735]: Non UTF-8 locale (ISO-8859-1) is not supported!
> 
> So what locale is supported and How should I set it?

Any UTF-8 locale will do.

How does your /etc/locale.conf look like? See:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/locale.conf.html

You can use something like this to change your system-wide locale:
  $ localectl set-locale en_US.UTF-8

Note that it's possible for your GNOME session to have a different locale than the rest of the system. Those session specific settings are stored in AccountsService, and are configured by the Settings (-> Region & Language or -> Details -> Users) UIs.

Comment 6 Debarshi Ray 2020-09-11 13:33:15 UTC
*** Bug 1786649 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Debarshi Ray 2020-09-11 13:33:17 UTC
*** Bug 1708989 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Debarshi Ray 2020-09-11 13:57:50 UTC
*** Bug 1695690 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Debarshi Ray 2020-12-09 23:07:15 UTC
*** Bug 1905333 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***