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On Thu, Sep 29 2016, allan gottlieb wrote: |
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> I run systemd if that is relevant. All commands below were run |
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> as ordinary user "gottlieb" (I know the sudo runs the stated command as |
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> root) |
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> On one machine (named E6430) running gnome-terminal is problematic. |
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> If I log via the gnome graphical login screen I cannot start a gnome |
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> terminal either by |
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> Selecting it from the favorites menu |
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> Using my own keyboard shortcut (which has worked for years) |
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> Invoking M-x shell in emacs and typing gnome-terminal |
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> The first two produce nothing on the screen, third produces |
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> Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.Terminal exited with status 9 |
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> However the following both work |
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> 1. in the same emacs shell as above typing sudo gnome-terminal |
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> 2. from another machine where gnome-terminal works as normal |
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> ssh -Y e6430 |
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> gnome-terminal |
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> Any suggestions would be appreciated |
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> thanks, |
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> allan |
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# localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" |
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Fixed the problem (without explaining what caused it). |
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allan |