On Sep 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/8/14, Bzzzz <lazyvi...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1ec1257e-ba63-47bf-8bcd-13779f30e...@pobox.com
