Re: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?
On Sep 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/8/14, Bzzzz <lazyvirus@gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>> From what I read (I'm not an expert, so I may be wrong),
>> gnome-terminal called gdbus that called dbus, asking it to
>> spawn a child of itself but this child (?) exited with a status of 8.
>>
>> From this error, I found what you should have found with a bit
>> of personal research:
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746415
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180103
>
>
> Throwing this out there because I had a "similarly different"
> experience while following this thread. Mine is solved. I was lurking
> along with you all and saw Bzzzz mention GDBus. Every time I rebooted
> recently, have been getting this:
>
> "error GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An
> authentication agent already exists for the given subject"
>
> YES, *unrelated* but my ears perked at Bzzzz's mention of GDBus. You
> never know so I followed the links offered, thought on it then
> upgraded what /var/log/apt/history.log shows is:
>
> libvte-common libvte9 libvte-2.90-common libvte-2.90-9
>
> I figured what could it hurt since it's an upgrade that needs done
> anyway, right? WRONG. Gnome-terminal that was working previously in my
> case.... was no longer accessible. Became very similar to as described
> in this thread but no locale related error.
>
> None of the alternative ways of launching worked. Error message I got
> when trying to launch via xterm was:
>
> gnome-terminal: symbol lookup error: gnome-terminal: undefined symbol:
> vte_terminal_set_alternate_screen_scroll
>
> Received that error in two different places, for those liking alternatives:
>
> * Was the above output from attempting to launch gnome-terminal in xterm
> * Tripped over it in ~/home/<user>/.xsession-errors while following
> along with the "Query about .xsession-errors file" Debian-User thread
>
> Couldn't stand not being able to copy and paste (xterm wasn't
> responding to various methods) so I researched the error message.
> Ended up upgrading/installing more based on other users' success and
> suggestions ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1894439 ):
>
> gir1.2-vte-2.90 libglib2.0-data libvte-2.90-9 libvte-2.90-common (yes,
> 2 are duplicates that were previously handled)
>
> Still nothing then I FINALLY got the bright idea to upgrade
> gnome-terminal. CTRL+ALT+T and... IT WORKS!
>
> Again, went ahead and wrote this up because maybe somehow those
> package mentions MIGHT help someone else finding their own
> gnome-terminal suddenly not responding to various launch methods.
>
> Having fixed mine now, I keep thinking on it. It was just a matter of
> timing that I was "playing along" with you all, and that's what caused
> mine to fail. Chances are decent it still would have malfunctioned
> soon as I slowly upgrade this latest install.. And .xsessions-errors
> has now become a new favorite go-to because this user-induced error
> helped highlight that file's function. It's all good. :)
>
> Cindy :)
Thank you Cindy,
What level of Debian are you using? Wheezy or Jessie? My problems were occurring with the Jessie beta-1 fully updated to the latest everything. So upgrading to a newer version of something isn’t an option without venturing into “experimental” territory. I’d be willing to try something from an experimental repo — after all, this is a testing machine and I’m a tester by inclination. But that doesn’t sound like what you were doing? Am I misreading?
Thanks!
Rick
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