In X11 forwarding launching gnome-terminal throws error "# Error creating terminal: Could not activate remote peer."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In x11 forwarding gnome-terminal does not launch and throws an error "# Error creating terminal: Could not activate remote peer."

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2
  • gnome-terminal-3.40.3-1.el9.x86_64

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