Bug 13201 - gnome-terminal doesn't start
Summary: gnome-terminal doesn't start
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: oe-core other (show other bugs)
Version: 2.6.1
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 2.8 M4
Assignee: Trevor Gamblin
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Reported: 2019-02-25 15:33 UTC by tf
Modified: 2019-10-08 12:10 UTC (History)
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Description tf 2019-02-25 15:33:06 UTC 
Recent gnome-terminal (using 3.30.2) no longer starts for tasks such as devshell or menuconfig. The deprecated commandline option -x (in meta/lib/oe/terminal.py) seems at fault, replacing this with '--' fixes that, for me at least. The -x option has been deprecated for quite a long time, so it should be safe to switch this without having to do version checks on the terminal.
Comment 1 Trevor Gamblin 2019-10-08 12:10:23 UTC 
Fix is in oe-core at http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=d5fd205239c8e3a1d68649562a7e91c8fbbc805e. The "-x" option has been changed to "--" to ensure a new window opens.