terminal emulators not working after update and package install

scarface_ · 2019-09-27 17:34:48

Hello,

as it says in the subject I have the weird problem that I suddenly can't open my terminal emulators(e.g terminator,gnome-terminal) anymore. In text mode I installed xterm which is working, however I'd still like to use other emulators.

I was on holiday and did a system update earlier today and after I installed the ltspice package from the AUR and that is when the terminal problems began(after a reboot).

In various discussions I read that this problem could have to do something with the locale but my output is

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
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=

the content of locale.conf is:

LANG="de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8

I already tried locale-gen --purge, but trying gnome-terminal afterwards outputs this:

# _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’
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# unwatch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (active: 0, establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0)

Frankly I have no idea what I could do and could really use some help.

Cheers,
Martin

Last edited by scarface_ (2019-09-27 19:10:28)

2ManyDogs · 2019-09-27 17:39:48

Welcome to the forum. There are several topics about this issue; some of them suggest setting the language in GNOME solves it.

ooo wrote:

If you're using gnome desktop, try setting language in gnome-control-center -> Region & Language

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=249269

ewaller · 2019-09-27 17:46:28

Welcome to the forums. Please edit your post to use BBCode code tags around program output and file contents. Your readers will appreciate it -- and so will the moderators

Note that same link is under every message post box on the forums for your convenience. If 2ManyDog's suggestion does not help, try running it from xterm and see if any error messages are generated.

scarface_ · 2019-09-27 19:17:07

2ManyDogs wrote:

Welcome to the forum. There are several topics about this issue; some of them suggest setting the language in GNOME solves it.
ooo wrote:
If you're using gnome desktop, try setting language in gnome-control-center -> Region & Language
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=249269

Hi, sadly I had already tried that but forgot to put it in the first post.

seth · 2019-09-27 20:35:52

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1865332

scarface_ · 2019-09-28 18:10:02

seth wrote:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1865332

Hello Seth, this did also not help. My vte3 package is up to date.

loqs · 2019-09-28 18:21:47

What is the output of `env` from xterm?

scarface_ · 2019-09-29 09:19:00

loqs wrote:

What is the output of `env` from xterm?

Hi, that would be:

[martin@MartinXPS13 ~]$ env
SHELL=/bin/bash
SESSION_MANAGER=local/MartinXPS13:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/5183,unix/MartinXPS13:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5183
WINDOWID=29360162
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
XTERM_VERSION=XTerm(349)
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
XTERM_SHELL=/bin/bash
PWD=/home/martin
LOGNAME=martin
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=gnome
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.8BIC9Z
GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
GDM_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
HOME=/home/martin
USERNAME=martin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
INVOCATION_ID=cedfac9358074066a99ed0ca03f6d179
XTERM_LOCALE=en_US.UTF-8
MANAGERPID=4878
GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=xterm
USER=martin
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
JOURNAL_STREAM=8:24263
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
GDMSESSION=gnome
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/martin
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=43888
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/xterm.desktop
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
_=/usr/bin/env

Trilby · 2019-09-29 13:47:02

scarface_ wrote:

Hello Seth, this did also not help. My vte3 package is up to date.

~~Then you didn't try the suggested solution. The suggestion was to replace vte3 with vte3-ng from the aur.~~

EDIT: oops, sorry, I misread the other thread. I thought it odd that replacing a repo package with an aur one solved a problem - I figured it must be a quirk with some specific locale. The truth is much simpler.

Last edited by Trilby (2019-09-29 13:55:07)

Scimmia · 2019-09-29 13:52:15

Trilby wrote:

scarface_ wrote:
Hello Seth, this did also not help. My vte3 package is up to date.
Then you didn't try the suggested solution. The suggestion was to replace vte3 with vte3-ng from the aur.

No, it was the other way around. vte3-ng from the AUR should never replace vte3.

scarface_ · 2019-10-06 16:07:15

Does somebody maybe have another idea?

This is my output if I try to start terminator via xterm, but I don't really know what to make of it:

 
ConfigBase::load: Unable to open /root/.config/terminator/config ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/.config/terminator/config')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 107, in <module>
    ipc.new_window_cmdline(optionslist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/terminatorlib/ipc.py", line 190, in _exec
    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 211, in __new__
    mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 100, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 122, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Using X11 for dbus-daemon autolaunch was disabled at compile time, set your DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS instead

Last edited by scarface_ (2019-10-06 16:15:43)

loqs · 2019-10-06 16:18:41

Please run the following in xterm:

strace gnome-terminal &> strace.log

Then please post the contents of strace.log if it is too large please post it to a pastebin and post the link.

scarface_ · 2019-10-06 18:08:20

loqs wrote:

Please run the following in xterm:
strace gnome-terminal &> strace.log
Then please post the contents of strace.log if it is too large please post it to a pastebin and post the link.

Hi, the output is here http://ix.io/1XOy.

Last edited by scarface_ (2019-10-06 18:26:45)

loqs · 2019-10-06 18:13:27

Is strace.log created? If so is it empty?

scarface_ · 2019-10-06 18:40:37

loqs wrote:

Is strace.log created? If so is it empty?

Sorry it took me minute to figure out that it creates a .log file. I uploaded it here http://ix.io/1XOy

seth · 2019-10-06 20:30:21

It starts and finishes w/ any error, but doesn't seem to spawn a subprocess.

Is there a running process?

ps aux | grep "gnome-terminal"

Does this work?

gnome-terminal -e /bin/bash

What's the output of

loginctl session-status

scarface_ · 2019-10-06 20:39:52

seth wrote:

It starts and finishes w/ any error, but doesn't seem to spawn a subprocess.
Is there a running process?
ps aux | grep "gnome-terminal"

martin      6508  0.0  0.0   6292  2304 pts/1    S+   22:36   0:00 grep gnome-terminal

seth wrote:

Does this work?
gnome-terminal -e /bin/bash

# Option “-e” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal.
# Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it.
# _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’
# watch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0, active: 0)
# unwatch_fast: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (active: 0, establishing: 1)
# watch_established: "/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/" (establishing: 0)

seth wrote:

What's the output of
loginctl session-status

c2 - martin (1000)
           Since: Sun 2019-10-06 20:11:03 CEST; 2h 27min ago
          Leader: 1411 (gdm-session-wor)
            Seat: seat0; vc2
             TTY: tty2
         Service: gdm-password; type wayland; class user
           State: active
            Unit: session-c2.scope
                  ├─1411 gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-password]
                  ├─1427 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
                  ├─1433 /usr/lib/gdm-wayland-session /usr/bin/gnome-session
                  └─1437 /usr/lib/gnome-session-binary

Oct 06 20:11:03 MartinXPS13 systemd[1]: Started Session c2 of user martin.
Oct 06 20:11:13 MartinXPS13 gnome-keyring-daemon[1427]: couldn't allocate secur>
Oct 06 20:11:13 MartinXPS13 gnome-keyring-daemon[1427]: asked to register item >
Oct 06 20:11:13 MartinXPS13 gnome-keyring-daemon[1427]: asked to register it

Last edited by scarface_ (2019-10-06 20:41:47)

scarface_ · 2019-10-14 22:10:54

Any clues in the outputs?

seth · 2019-10-14 22:26:40

Nope.
There's no running gnome-terminal, apparently it's not trying to run anything but bash (sanity check: "echo $SHELL" in xterm?) or at least failing w/ bash just as much… you could try running gnome on Xorg and whether gnome-terminal starts there.

TheSgtBilko · 2019-10-15 17:10:26

 
ConfigBase::load: Unable to open /root/.config/terminator/config ([Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root/.config/terminator/config')

Is it normal for Terminator to look for config under /root ?

scarface_ · 2019-10-16 19:37:11

seth wrote:

Nope.
There's no running gnome-terminal, apparently it's not trying to run anything but bash (sanity check: "echo $SHELL" in xterm?) or at least failing w/ bash just as much… you could try running gnome on Xorg and whether gnome-terminal starts there.

Hi, so

echo $SHELL

returns

/bin/bash

as I would expect it to. The whole thing is very weird maybe a clean new install would be best as I have never worked with Xorg.
Thanks a lot though.

seth · 2019-10-16 20:25:42

Rather than re-installing, create a new user account and see whether it works then (ie. an issue w/ your user/config)

@TheSgtBilko I suspect he tried to sudo-fix it in that output, /root is not considered in the strace he pasted.

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