Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), gnome 3.26.2. I suddenly began having this problem when I try to run gnome-terminal, I can't figure out what caused this: main19@system19:~$ gnome-terminal Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached main19@system19:~$ This causes gnome--terminal not to start. I have tried looking online, everyone says it is a locale problem, here is my locale output: main19@system19:~$ 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= main19@system19:~$ I have run out of ideas, if anyone can provide help with this that would be great.
Error constructing proxy I haven't seen that one in the terminal. Have you tried purging and reinstalling? Code: sudo apt purge gnome-terminal rm ~/.config/gnome-terminal sudo apt install gnome-terminal
sudo apt purge gnome-terminal rm ~/.config/gnome-terminal sudo apt install gnome-terminal
Originally Posted by cruzer001 I haven't seen that one in the terminal. Have you tried purging and reinstalling? Code: sudo apt purge gnome-terminal rm ~/.config/gnome-terminal sudo apt install gnome-terminal I have done that..... no improvement, still the exact same problem.
Like you, my searches point to locale being the problem. https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2295530
Could you make keyboard shortcuts with Code: LANG=C gnome-terminal or Code: LANG=POSIX gnome-terminal and give them a try?
LANG=C gnome-terminal
LANG=POSIX gnome-terminal
Originally Posted by vasa1 Could you make keyboard shortcuts with Code: LANG=C gnome-terminal or Code: LANG=POSIX gnome-terminal and give them a try? I am sorry to say this, but.... I don't know what you're asking me to do. "Keyboard shortcuts" are what exactly?
I ended up refreshing my HOME directory, that solved this problem.
Originally Posted by goodstuff9 Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), gnome 3.26.2. I suddenly began having this problem when I try to run gnome-terminal, I can't figure out what caused this: main19@system19:~$ gnome-terminal Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached main19@system19:~$ This causes gnome--terminal not to start. I have tried looking online, everyone says it is a locale problem, here is my locale output: main19@system19:~$ 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= main19@system19:~$ I have run out of ideas, if anyone can provide help with this that would be great. In case anyone finds this thread in the future, on 18.04 I had this issue until I uninstalled Chrome Remote Desktop. I couldn't get it to play nice with GNOME 3, and forgot I installed the package. Try removing it and see if that helps. Code: $ sudo apt remove chrome-remote-desktop
$ sudo apt remove chrome-remote-desktop
Originally Posted by vectorphresh In case anyone finds this thread in the future, on 18.04 I had this issue until I uninstalled Chrome Remote Desktop. I couldn't get it to play nice with GNOME 3, and forgot I installed the package. Try removing it and see if that helps. Code: $ sudo apt remove chrome-remote-desktop BINGO! That was indeed the problem. Thanks!
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