<SOLVED> I cannot start terminal in LMDE 6

[senjoz]

Yesterday I installed LMDE 6. After installation everything was okay. I updated the operating system, made some graphic user interface customization, installed GParted, trash-cli, powerstat and htop. I de-installed asian fonts, openjdk, orka, flatpak and speech-dispatcher. Today I booted to LMDE 6 and I could not start the terminal. I only got a busy mouse cursor. Other (GUI) applications work okay. If I go to tty and check journalctl log, I get next

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[   17.279377] flbu727 pipewire-pulse[739]: mod.rt: Can't find org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop. Is xdg-desktop-portal running?
[   29.715356] flbu727 x-session-manager[810]: WARNING: t+4.65359s: Detected that screensaver has appeared on the bus
[   29.738484] flbu727 cinnamon-calend[1393]: Locale not supported by C library.
                                                      Using the fallback 'C' locale.
[   59.729794] flbu727 x-session-manager[810]: WARNING: t+34.66903s: Detected that screensaver has left the bus
[  486.689741] flbu727 systemd[721]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
[  486.689886] flbu727 systemd[721]: Failed to start gnome-terminal-server.service - GNOME Terminal Server.
[  503.343156] flbu727 wireplumber[738]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner

If I run in tty sudo systemctl start gnome-terminal-server.service i get in journalctl log

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 1095.973272] flbu727 systemd[721]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
[ 1095.973461] flbu727 systemd[721]: Failed to start gnome-terminal-server.service - GNOME Terminal Server.

I reinstalled gnome-terminal and gnome-terminal-data. After rebooting, the terminal still does not start. Does anybody have an idea what is wrong? I did not make a timeshift snapshot jet, therefore I cannot restore the previous operating system state.




inxi -Fxxxrz from tty

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    Console: tty 2 Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: FUJITSU product: LIFEBOOK U727 v: 10601736746 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 v: LIFEBOOK U727 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: FUJITSU model: FJNB2A5 v: E4 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: FUJITSU // Insyde
    v: Version 1.32 date: 01/10/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: CMB1 charge: 16.7 Wh (73.2%) condition: 22.8/45.0 Wh (50.7%) volts: 10.9 min: 10.8
    model: Fujitsu CP715267-01 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3100 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 bogomips: 21599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Fujitsu driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony FJ Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b5b9 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 tty: 240x67
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x054c res: 1920x1080 dpi: 177
    size: 276x156mm (10.87x6.14") diag: 317mm (12.5") modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris inactive: wayland,x11
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Fujitsu driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-12-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Fujitsu driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 7.02 GiB (2.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5M2QEXH7 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 31.2 GiB used: 7.01 GiB (22.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 126 MiB used: 12.2 MiB (9.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2025
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http://security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 203 Uptime: 3h 32m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.45 GiB
  used: 2.37 GiB (15.3%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: multi-user (3) default: multi-user
  Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Shell: Bash (login) v: 5.2.15 running-in: tty 2 inxi: 3.3.30

[xenopeek]

I suggest to create a new user account (through Users & Groups), log out and log in to the new account and try if the terminal works fine from there. If so, the problem most likely is with your .bashrc or .profile files. Copy the default .bashrc and .profile from /etc/skel/ back to your home directory and then when you log in again to your own account it should work fine. Press Ctrl+H in file manager to toggle showing hidden files like these.

Else it may be a setting you changed in the terminal preferences. Try running gnome-terminal --preferences from the run dialog (Alt+F2) and see if you made some error there. The most common cause is change on the Command tab on the Profile preferences. You shouldn't have custom command enabled here.

[senjoz]

Thank you, xenopeek, for the suggestions! I already tried with a new user account. That did not solve the problem.

Somewhere on the Arch forum I noticed a similar problem. Mentioned was bad settings for locales. I checked settings in Languages. There was only English US. I remember that after installation I added Slovenian language and set Region and Time format to Slovenian. Now there was no Slovenian language. I reinstalled the Slovenian language and set the Region and Time format to Slovenian. After that, Terminal starts normally. Maybe when I deinstalled asian fonts something went wrong.

[Linksu]

Thank you, xenopeek, for the suggestions! I already tried with a new user account. That did not solve the problem.

Somewhere on the Arch forum I noticed a similar problem. Mentioned was bad settings for locales. I checked settings in Languages. There was only English US. I remember that after installation I added Slovenian language and set Region and Time format to Slovenian. Now there was no Slovenian language. I reinstalled the Slovenian language and set the Region and Time format to Slovenian. After that, Terminal starts normally. Maybe when I deinstalled asian fonts something went wrong.

Thanks for the solution.

I had the same problem with Finnish language and also found out the language wasn't installed.
It would be great if the set language was checked automatically being installed correctly, I think this problem was due after an upgrade.
I know this isn't as easy to implement as is sounds (technically), but I still want to bring this suggestion to the table.

[senjoz]

I noticed some weird effects also in other distributions when selecting the US English language for interface and Slovenian for locales.