gnome-terminal failing to launch in Ubuntu 18.04 (Chrome remote desktop broke gnome-terminal)
I was able to fix the issue by uninstalling Chrome remote desktop by running $ sudo apt remove chrome-remote-desktop
I found the solution on https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2383992
First, try reinstalling gnome-terminal
:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-terminal
Next, run the following command to run gnome-terminal
in verbose mode to see if there is any output:
gnome-terminal --verbose
If all else fails you can install xfce4-terminal
instead:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xfce4-terminal
Then, you can set xfce-terminal
as the default terminal to start on CTRL+ALT+T by first running the following command:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
Then, select the number for xfce4-terminal
and then press ENTER
You should now be able to run xfce4-terminal
by pressing CTRL+ALT+T
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