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After doing a full Kali linux update using the following command line :

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y && apt-get autoclean -y && apt-get autoremove -y

gnome-terminal stops working showing this error message :

    # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
    # Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached

this is output from uname -a :

    Linux LNXBOX 5.3.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.3.9-1kali1 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux

this is output from gnome-terminal --version :

    # GNOME Terminal 3.34.2 using VTE 0.53.0 +GNUTLS

this is output from tail /val/log/syslog :

    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[1664]: # _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX dbus-daemon[1474]: [session uid=0 pid=1474] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.104' (uid=0 pid=2549 comm="gnome-terminal ")
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX systemd[1454]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server...
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX gnome-terminal-server[2554]: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server: symbol lookup error: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server: undefined symbol: vte_terminal_set_enable_bidi
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX systemd[1454]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=127/n/a
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX systemd[1454]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Nov 19 18:40:56 LNXBOX systemd[1454]: Failed to start GNOME Terminal Server.
    Nov 19 18:41:21 LNXBOX org.gnome.Terminal.desktop[1664]: # Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached

this is output from dpkg -l | egrep "gnome-terminal|vte" :

    ii  davtest                                   1.0-1kali3                                       all          Testing tool for WebDAV servers
    ii  gir1.2-vte-2.91:amd64                     0.58.2-1                                         amd64        GObject introspection data for the VTE library
    ii  gnome-terminal                            3.34.2-1kali1                                    amd64        GNOME terminal emulator application
    ii  gnome-terminal-data                       3.34.2-1kali1                                    all          Data files for the GNOME terminal emulator
    ii  libvte-2.91-0:amd64                       0.58.2-1                                         amd64        Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - runtime files
    ii  libvte-2.91-common                        0.58.2-1                                         all          Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - common files
    ii  libvte-2.91-dev:amd64                     0.58.2-1                                         amd64        Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - development files
    ii  libvte-2.91-doc                           0.58.2-1                                         all          Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - documentation
    ii  nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal         3.34.2-1kali1                                    amd64        GNOME terminal emulator application

any ideas ?

Jeff Schaller
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stepper mapper
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After some hours searching I finally saw this in syslog

Apr 11 23:11:56 kfc-XPS-15-9560 systemd[1682]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server...
Apr 11 23:11:56 kfc-XPS-15-9560 systemd[1682]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=8/n/a
Apr 11 23:11:56 kfc-XPS-15-9560 gnome-terminal-server[17676]: Non UTF-8 locale (ANSI_X3.4-1968) is not supported!
Apr 11 23:11:56 kfc-XPS-15-9560 systemd[1682]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 11 23:11:56 kfc-XPS-15-9560 systemd[1682]: Failed to start GNOME Terminal Server.

And then it was easy to find this solution.

Can't load gnome-terminal on Debian Stretch, "Non UTF-8 locale is not supported!"

Kjeld Flarup
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