Bug#764649: gnome-terminal: Does not start (NOT locale related

Peter Anthony Jeffris Peter.Jeffris at Colorado.EDU
Tue Nov 4 05:23:07 UTC 2014


This also occurs on my system, I think it important to note that the issue
does not occur with root privileges.

As root:

root at debian:# locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

root at debian:# gnome-terminal --gtk-debug=all --gdk-debug=all
Gdk-Message: Trying x11 backend
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 32
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
reading 50 settings (serial 2 byte order 0)
  Gdk/UnscaledDPI = 98304
    ==> storing as 'gdk-unscaled-dpi'
  Net/CursorBlink = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink'
  Gtk/RecentFilesMaxAge = -1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-recent-files-max-age'
  Xft/DPI = 98304
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-dpi'
  Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds'
  Gtk/FontName = "Cantarell 11"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-font-name'
  Net/DoubleClickTime = 560
    ==> storing as 'gtk-double-click-time'
  Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-shell-shows-app-menu'
  Xft/Hinting = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-hinting'
  Gtk/Modules = "canberra-gtk-module"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-modules'
  Gtk/IMStatusStyle = "callback"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/CursorThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-theme-name'
  Gtk/IMModule = "gtk-im-context-simple"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-im-module'
  Gtk/CanChangeAccels = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ToolbarStyle = "both-horiz"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Xft/RGBA = "none"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-rgba'
  Net/EnableEventSounds = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-event-sounds'
  Gtk/ColorPalette = "black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light
blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light
green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-color-palette'
  Gtk/ShowUnicodeMenu = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/TitlebarMiddleClick = "none"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-middle-click'
  Gtk/ToolbarIconSize = "large"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/MenuBarAccel = "F10"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ShellShowsDesktop = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-shell-shows-desktop'
  Xft/HintStyle = "hintmedium"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-hintstyle'
  Gtk/ButtonImages = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-button-images'
  Gtk/IMPreeditStyle = "callback"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gdk/WindowScalingFactor = 1
    ==> storing as 'gdk-window-scaling-factor'
  Gtk/TimeoutInitial = 200
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/EnablePrimaryPaste = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-primary-paste'
  Gtk/TitlebarRightClick = "menu"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-right-click'
  Xft/Antialias = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-antialias'
  Gtk/CursorBlinkTimeout = 10
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink-timeout'
  Gtk/MenuImages = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-menu-images'
  Net/DndDragThreshold = 8
    ==> storing as 'gtk-dnd-drag-threshold'
  Gtk/ColorScheme = ""
    ==> storing as 'gtk-color-scheme'
  Gtk/TitlebarDoubleClick = "toggle-maximize"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-double-click'
  Gtk/DialogsUseHeader = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-dialogs-use-header'
  Gtk/CursorThemeSize = 24
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-theme-size'
  Gtk/KeyThemeName = "Default"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-key-theme-name'
  Gtk/RecentFilesEnabled = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-recent-files-enabled'
  Gtk/EnableAnimations = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-animations'
  Net/SoundThemeName = "__custom"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-sound-theme-name'
  Gtk/AutoMnemonics = 1
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ShowInputMethodMenu = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Net/ThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-theme-name'
  Net/CursorBlinkTime = 1200
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink-time'
  Gtk/DecorationLayout = "menu:close"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-decoration-layout'
  Net/IconThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-icon-theme-name'
  Net/FallbackIconTheme = "gnome"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/TimeoutRepeat = 20
    ==> unknown to GTK
Creating XI2 device manager
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core pointer
    type: master
    source: mouse
    mode: screen
    has cursor: 1
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 1.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment -1.000000
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core keyboard
    type: master
    source: keyboard
    mode: screen
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core XTEST pointer
    type: slave
    source: mouse
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core XTEST keyboard
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Video Bus
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Power Button
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Sleep Button
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1025
    type: slave
    source: mouse
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 1.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment -1.000000
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Logitech Logitech USB Speaker
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: USB2.0 VGA Webcam
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Asus WMI hotkeys
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad
    type: slave
    source: indirect touch
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 5
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 77.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment 77.000000
Gdk-Message: Detectable autorepeat supported.
gtk-modules setting changed to: canberra-gtk-module
Loading module list: canberra-gtk-module
gtk-modules setting changed to: canberra-gtk-module
Loading module list: canberra-gtk-module

And a new terminal starts.

As a normal user:

myuser$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

myuser$ gnome-terminal --gtk-debug=all --gdk-debug=all
Gdk-Message: Trying x11 backend
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 32
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: direct color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
Gdk-Message: visual: true color: 24
reading 50 settings (serial 2 byte order 0)
  Gdk/UnscaledDPI = 98304
    ==> storing as 'gdk-unscaled-dpi'
  Net/CursorBlink = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink'
  Gtk/RecentFilesMaxAge = -1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-recent-files-max-age'
  Xft/DPI = 98304
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-dpi'
  Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds'
  Gtk/FontName = "Cantarell 11"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-font-name'
  Net/DoubleClickTime = 560
    ==> storing as 'gtk-double-click-time'
  Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-shell-shows-app-menu'
  Xft/Hinting = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-hinting'
  Gtk/Modules = "canberra-gtk-module"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-modules'
  Gtk/IMStatusStyle = "callback"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/CursorThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-theme-name'
  Gtk/IMModule = "gtk-im-context-simple"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-im-module'
  Gtk/CanChangeAccels = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ToolbarStyle = "both-horiz"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Xft/RGBA = "none"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-rgba'
  Net/EnableEventSounds = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-event-sounds'
  Gtk/ColorPalette = "black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light
blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light
green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-color-palette'
  Gtk/ShowUnicodeMenu = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/TitlebarMiddleClick = "none"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-middle-click'
  Gtk/ToolbarIconSize = "large"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/MenuBarAccel = "F10"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ShellShowsDesktop = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-shell-shows-desktop'
  Xft/HintStyle = "hintmedium"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-hintstyle'
  Gtk/ButtonImages = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-button-images'
  Gtk/IMPreeditStyle = "callback"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gdk/WindowScalingFactor = 1
    ==> storing as 'gdk-window-scaling-factor'
  Gtk/TimeoutInitial = 200
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/EnablePrimaryPaste = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-primary-paste'
  Gtk/TitlebarRightClick = "menu"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-right-click'
  Xft/Antialias = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-xft-antialias'
  Gtk/CursorBlinkTimeout = 10
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink-timeout'
  Gtk/MenuImages = 0
    ==> storing as 'gtk-menu-images'
  Net/DndDragThreshold = 8
    ==> storing as 'gtk-dnd-drag-threshold'
  Gtk/ColorScheme = ""
    ==> storing as 'gtk-color-scheme'
  Gtk/TitlebarDoubleClick = "toggle-maximize"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-titlebar-double-click'
  Gtk/DialogsUseHeader = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-dialogs-use-header'
  Gtk/CursorThemeSize = 24
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-theme-size'
  Gtk/KeyThemeName = "Default"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-key-theme-name'
  Gtk/RecentFilesEnabled = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-recent-files-enabled'
  Gtk/EnableAnimations = 1
    ==> storing as 'gtk-enable-animations'
  Net/SoundThemeName = "__custom"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-sound-theme-name'
  Gtk/AutoMnemonics = 1
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/ShowInputMethodMenu = 0
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Net/ThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-theme-name'
  Net/CursorBlinkTime = 1200
    ==> storing as 'gtk-cursor-blink-time'
  Gtk/DecorationLayout = "menu:close"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-decoration-layout'
  Net/IconThemeName = "Adwaita"
    ==> storing as 'gtk-icon-theme-name'
  Net/FallbackIconTheme = "gnome"
    ==> unknown to GTK
  Gtk/TimeoutRepeat = 20
    ==> unknown to GTK
Creating XI2 device manager
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core pointer
    type: master
    source: mouse
    mode: screen
    has cursor: 1
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 1.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment -1.000000
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core keyboard
    type: master
    source: keyboard
    mode: screen
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core XTEST pointer
    type: slave
    source: mouse
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Virtual core XTEST keyboard
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Video Bus
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Power Button
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Sleep Button
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1025
    type: slave
    source: mouse
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 1.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment -1.000000
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Logitech Logitech USB Speaker
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: USB2.0 VGA Webcam
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: Asus WMI hotkeys
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
    type: slave
    source: keyboard
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 0
Gdk-Message: input device:
    name: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad
    type: slave
    source: indirect touch
    mode: disabled
    has cursor: 0
    touches: 5
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 2: horizontal, increment 77.000000
Gdk-Message:
    scroll valuator 3: vertical, increment 77.000000
Gdk-Message: Detectable autorepeat supported.
gtk-modules setting changed to: canberra-gtk-module
Loading module list: canberra-gtk-module
gtk-modules setting changed to: canberra-gtk-module
Loading module list: canberra-gtk-module
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 8

And no terminal starts
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