Public bug reported: After a having my memory filled I had to reboot because the system got unresponsive. After that I can no longer open gnome terminal. I tried running it from xterm and the following message appears:
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.24.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.14.0-11.13-generic 4.14.3 Uname: Linux 4.14.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Dec 26 10:38:26 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-21 (126 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170820) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ** Summary changed: - Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal + Gnome terminal not starting, timeout reached (bionic) -- 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/1740106 Title: Gnome terminal not starting, timeout reached (bionic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1740106/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs