gnome-terminal won't start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On Ubuntu 18.04 gnome-terminal doesn't start after leaving the computer on for a while (or maybe after sleep). strace inside xterm reveals this:
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pipe2([5, 6], O_CLOEXEC) = 0
clone(child_
close(6) = 0
read(5, "", 50000) = 0
close(5) = 0
wait4(10042, # Error creating terminal: Timeout was reached
[{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 10042
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=10042, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=4, si_stime=0} ---
rt_sigaction(
munmap(
sigaltstack(NULL, {ss_sp=0x15d3b80, ss_flags=0, ss_size=8192}) = 0
sigaltstack(
futex(0x7fd748f
exit_group(0) = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++
Thanks for your help.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.28.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun May 20 21:00:23 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (964 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Logging out and logging in fixes the problem.