Invoking gnome-terminal through X11 forwarding of ssh fails

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Invoking gnome-terminal through X11 forwarding of ssh fails with the following message on some servers:

Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Could not connect: Connection refused

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • X11 forwarding of ssh

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