Gnome terminal fails to open in RedHat 7.3.

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May 03, 2018
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The problem occurs due to the font used by the gnome-terminal.


To fix this problem, configure xfs program and add the specific font server into the font list of Xconfig.

  1. Comment the following line out in the file /etc/X11/fs/config.
  2. Restart xfs process or reboot the system.
  3. Open Xconfig utility.
  4. Choose Font tab.
  5. Click Add Font Server button.
  6. In the Host box, enter the hostname or IP address of Linux.
  7. In the Port box, enter 7100.
  8. Restart Xmanager.


Make sure that the font server should is listed at the bottom of the font list.