Bug#712104: gnome-terminal: gksu gnome-terminal doesn't start in certain conditions

Matthieu Imbert matthieu.imbert at inria.fr
Tue Jul 23 08:19:03 UTC 2013


same issue for me: gksu gnome-terminal only works once

> If you try
> # unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
> # gksu gnome-terminal
>
> does it run correctly?

no, it doesn't:

  $ unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
  $ gksu gnome-terminal
  glibtop: Non-standard uts for running kernel:
  release 3.9-1-amd64=3.9.0 gives version code 198912

  Error constructing proxy for 
org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling 
StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: 
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process 
/usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server exited with status 1

my package versions:
gnome-terminal:amd64/testing 3.8.3-1
gnome-terminal-data:all/testing 3.8.3-1

-- 
Matthieu



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