Linux Mint - can't access terminal

[Gerb]

Found this at AskUbuntu (rather old though):

Problem with "gnome-terminal" on Gnome 3.12.2

I have Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04 (Gnome 3.12.2). When I try to run gnome-terminal by following command : $ gnome-terminal Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal: /org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: ...

askubuntu.com

Sorry for not be of more help. I am not using Ubuntu.

 

[Condobloke]

LMDE 7

Good choice. Very stable, very reliable.

two choices to solve the terminal problem

1. Install a second terminal app (I think you have already done this)

2. Reinstall LMDE

(just as a side thought, right click on the terminal icon and select 'Remove' .....then do the menu, type in terminal, right click on it and select add to panel....I described this in my last post) You can also add an icon to the panel for your recently downloaded substitute terminal)

 

[jbg3]

Well, I wouldn't know if it's a good choice. I just bought a cheap replacement and started using it as-is. In fact I'm somewhat concerned about wasting my time learning an obsolete system. Is there a particular version of Linux you recommend for beginners?

I've now managed to fix the problem by googling the error messages.

This is what finally worked:

echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.conf
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8

That leaves the question what I did to break it. Since the problem was with my locale, the only thing I can think of is that I set my Tor exit node to a particular country. But that couldn't be it, could it? That's a configuration within an app.