Can not open Terminal application (think it could be Xconfig)

[twistedtwig]

Hi I can no longer open the terminal application for some reason. Doing some googling it might be that its my xorg.conf file:



# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Nov 9 17:56:12 PST 2006

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" RightOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Proview AY765"
HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL M770"
HorizSync 30.0 - 69.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce4 Ti 4200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce4 Ti 4200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-0: 640x480 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Does this look wrong?

Does anyone know why I might not be able to open terminal please?

When I try and open it it tries for a while and then just disappears.

Thanks

[benerivo]

Your xorg.conf looks okay but i only know a little about it. Do you know if the xorg.conf file had been changed just before the gnome-terminal broke? You could check the file modified date.

You could try opening another terminal application by pressing Alt+F2 and typing xterm. Check that xterm is installed in synaptic package manager first, although i think it is installed by default in most linux distros.

I would also consider deleting /home/twistedtwig/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal which might be corrupted or hold some unsual value that prevents it from being displayed. Also, if you can get xterm to open, you can launch gnome-terminal from it to see if it brings up any messages as it fails.

[twistedtwig]

Hi and thanks for the reply.

I don't seem to have a folder or file like that:

I would do a copy and show you but don't know how to do that in xterm.