Description of problem: Gnome-terminal suddenly stopped starting (opening the xwindow) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # GNOME Terminal 3.36.1.1 using VTE 0.60.3 +BIDI +GNUTLS +ICU +SYSTEMD How reproducible: Try to start gnome-terminal from the menu or xterm command line Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try start gnome terminal 2. long wait, then it didn't open 3. Actual results: Gnome-terminal didn't start Expected results: Gnome-terminal stats Additional info: Error-log when gnome-terminal is started from xterm: [jari@ENVY-17 ~]$ gnome-terminal # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for â # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 1) # unsetenv() is not thread-safe and should not be used after threads are created # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for â # Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached
I don't know a whole lot how to debug gnome-terminal, but one thing I know is that it has a "server process". I assume it's that process that's not starting. Can you try running /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server from xterm and see if it sheds any light on what's going wrong?
A bit of background on GNOME Terminal ... /usr/bin/gnome-terminal is just a tiny little launcher. It sends a D-Bus message to /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server to request it to create a new terminal tab or window. The server binary is where most of the application lives. Could you please open two xterm windows? In the first, do: $ /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server Then, in the second, do: $ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal What do you see in those two windows? (Just be careful not to wait too long between those two commands.) https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/02748273/discussion?commentId=a0a2K00000WSgBEQA1
[jari@ENVY-17 ~]$ /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server Non UTF-8 locale (ANSI_X3.4-1968) is not supported! -> Here is strange result as this. [jari@ENVY-17 ~]$ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’ # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’ # watch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0) # unwatch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (active: 0, establishing: 1) # watch_established: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0) -> Issues as this listed But it is starting now. It looks like setting 'export LANG=C' in .bashrc caused the problem of gnome-terminal not starting.
(In reply to jari.kosonen4 from comment #3) > [jari@ENVY-17 ~]$ /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server > Non UTF-8 locale (ANSI_X3.4-1968) is not supported! > -> Here is strange result as this. This is expected. Non-UTF-8 locales aren't supported. > It looks like setting 'export LANG=C' in .bashrc caused the problem of > gnome-terminal not starting. Yes, exactly.