dino99: I tried what I said, and GNOME apps launch when logging out fully from each session. So the issue only occurs when two DEs have been logged in (even if the XFCE session is logged out), I assume with the same username. So perhaps GNOME apps think they're launching in XFCE, but since XFCE is closed, they don't launch anywhere.
It would appear the workaround for me would be to remote login with a different username. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694454 Title: Can't open gnome terminal Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Selecting gnome terminal after search(winkey->type "term"->select Terminal), results in loading terminal for a few seconds and simply disappearing of the loading indication from the title bar. Nothing else happens. No error and no terminal shown. This behavior appeared after upgrade to 17.04 I don't have such a problem when opening MATE Terminal. Also when I run "gnome-terminal" in the mate terminal it outputs this: "Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: Timeout was reached" >> lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.04 Release: 17.04 >> apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal: Installed: 3.20.2-1ubuntu8 Candidate: 3.20.2-1ubuntu8 Version table: *** 3.20.2-1ubuntu8 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.20.2-1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue May 30 17:15:09 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-17 (713 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-17 (42 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1694454/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
