GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled: Process /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server received signal 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • gnome-terminal

Issue

  • The gnome-terminal automatically closes when launched in a GUI session.
  • Unable to start gnome-terminal application on the system?

Resolution

The problem is caused by multiple versions of the package on the system.

The following steps can be followed to solve the problem:

1- Check the installed version of the gnome-terminal packages:

# rpm -qa gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal-3.22.1-2.el7.x86_64
gnome-terminal-nautilus-3.22.1-2.el7.x86_64 
gnome-terminal-3.8.4-8.el7.x86_64

2- If there is more than one version of gnome-terminal installed on the system, remove the old version of the package:

# yum remove gnome-terminal-3.8.4-8.el7.x86_64

3- Reinstall the latest version of the gnome-terminal package:

# yum reinstall gnome-terminal*

Root Cause

  • Multiple versions of the gnome-terminal package installed on the system.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Relevant errors seen in /var/log/messages:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled: Process /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server received signal 5

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