After upgrading gnome-settings-daemon and reboot gnome-terminal works again.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635899 Title: gnome-terminal does not start Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I can't launch gnome terminal after upgrade to ubuntu-gnome 16.10. Another user on this computer/OS can. Programs like Midnight Commander and iPython also don't start. I used xterm to execute $ubuntu-bug gnome-terminal for this report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.20.2-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat Oct 22 12:34:59 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-26 (178 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-14 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1635899/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp