Gnome-terminal is unfortunately known to have troubles with non-UTF-8 locales, see e.g. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732127.
In your case, however, I suspect that you're doing something wrong with your installation (because you also seem to aim for UTF-8). It's weird to me that you use nonstandard tools to install them, rather than localedef or locale-gen. At the very least, what does "locale charmap" print with your locale? It should be "UTF-8". ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #732127 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732127 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448563 Title: terminal won't launch with a customized locale To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1448563/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
