Created attachment 512049 [details] output of 'gdb gnome-terminal" Description of problem: gnome-terminal won't start (gnome-terminal-3.0.1-1.fc16.x86_64). I've had to 'revert' to xterm.... Here is the top of the stack trace from gdb. Complete gdb output attached. ERROR:terminal-app.c:1449:terminal_app_init: assertion failed: (app->default_profile_id != NULL) Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x0000003fe7436305 in __GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 64 return INLINE_SYSCALL (tgkill, 3, pid, selftid, sig); (gdb) bt full #0 0x0000003fe7436305 in __GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 resultvar = 0 pid = <optimized out> selftid = <optimized out> #1 0x0000003fe7437c1b in __GI_abort () at abort.c:93 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0, sa_sigaction = 0}, sa_mask = {__val = {140737327208466, 274462698488, 140737326809088, 2048, 4294967296, 7476512, 7476512, 4294967295, 7722912, 7755792, 7755792, 3239992, 0, 0, 7555584, 140737326817280}}, sa_flags = -419372892, sa_restorer = 0x7fff00000005} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}} #2 0x00007ffff665964d in g_assertion_message (domain=<optimized out>, file=<optimized out>, line=<optimized out>, func=0x438390 "terminal_app_init", message= 0x75bf00 "assertion failed: (app->default_profile_id != NULL)") at gtestutils.c:1425 lstr = "1449\000\177\000\000\060\327\377\377\377\177\000\000\220\200C\000\000\000\000\000\370\200C\000\000\000\000" s = 0x765810 "" #3 0x00007ffff6659b72 in g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x0, file=0x437c3a "terminal-app.c", line=1449, func= 0x438390 "terminal_app_init", expr=<optimized out>) at gtestutils.c:1436 s = <optimized out> #4 0x0000000000417e1c in terminal_app_init (app=0x729070 [TerminalApp]) at terminal-app.c:1449 error = 0x0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-terminal-3.0.1-1.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. try to start either from xterm, gdb, or from 'menu' 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Googling uncovered this: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564649 Related?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 718721 ***