[SOLVED] Gnome-Terminal won't start, gnome local issues

jorge-aparicio14 · 2019-09-19 00:45:10

Hello, I cannot seem to open gnome-terminal due to a local issue and have spent quite a bit of time navigating the forum to look for a solution but so far none have worked for me. I also have not found someone with my particular issue, but maybe missed a forum post somewhere. Anyways my issue is that the output of locale -a gives me "en_US.utf8" whereas the output of localectl gives me "LANG=en_US.UTF-8". How can I change the locals in local -a to match that given by localectl?

locale -a

 
C
en_US.utf8
POSIX

localectl

   System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: n/a
      X11 Layout: us
       X11 Model: pc105

gnome-terminal error

# Locale not supported by C library.
# 	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
# _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/interface/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/sound/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/privacy/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettings/" (establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/" (establishing: 1)
# _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

Last edited by jorge-aparicio14 (2019-09-19 01:23:15)

jasonwryan · 2019-09-19 00:47:51

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale

jorge-aparicio14 · 2019-09-19 00:50:36

I've already run locale-gen and set the locale with localectl if there is something in particular I've really missed from the wiki please let me know but reading through it again still hasn't answered my question.

jasonwryan · 2019-09-19 00:54:25

Paste the actual error from the terminal, as well as the full output of `locale -a` and `localectl` (in code tags):
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

jorge-aparicio14 · 2019-09-19 00:58:48

I fixed it sorry about that.

jasonwryan · 2019-09-19 01:00:49

Did you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lo … g_language

jorge-aparicio14 · 2019-09-19 01:04:22

I do not have an environment file/folder in my home folder. As for the gnome overriding locale.conf I do not know where to find the fix for that?

Last edited by jorge-aparicio14 (2019-09-19 01:05:27)

Trilby · 2019-09-19 01:08:17

Your locale -a and localectl output are fine - the difference in case is irrelevant. Also, from the output of gnome terminal that you posted, the locale isn't the main issue. It's odd that it's failing to use the locale, but it is falling back to the 'C' locale - so this is not the cause of gnome-terminal failing to open. Rather the cause of that is the actual ERROR in the last line.

EDIT: though this error is also related to the locale, but not the system locale, but rather some odd setting in gnome:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228399

Note that the thread linked above is the second result from a web search for the actual error message.

Last edited by Trilby (2019-09-19 01:10:19)

jasonwryan · 2019-09-19 01:08:51

Gnome settings, or whatever the GUI thing is called.

loqs · 2019-09-19 01:10:00

I would suggest first starting a different terminal emulator then check the value of LANG under it .

jorge-aparicio14 · 2019-09-19 01:13:06

Okay so I went to Langauge and Region clicked English and United States again and now the terminal works upon reboot. Thank you.

jasonwryan · 2019-09-19 01:16:58

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2019-09-19 00:45:10

[SOLVED] Gnome-Terminal won't start, gnome local issues

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