gnome-terminal fails to launch on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • gnome-terminal fails to launch after upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • Below error is reported while attempting to launch gnome-terminal via xterm
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal: /org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server exited with status 8

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • gnome-terminal-3.14.3-3.el7

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