Root Terminal Can Be Launched Only Once During Session

[tb75252]

I am using Debian 9, 64-bit.
I am able to launch Root Terminal only once per session. (Activities -> Show Applications -> Root Terminal)
If I launch it more than once, the icon appears in the top bar (to the right of Activities) but then it disappears.
This is of course not the end of the world as I can launch the standard Terminal utility as many times as I want and use "su -" or "sudo" to do whatever I need to do, nevertheless I'd be interested in solving the Root Terminal issue. I didn't have this problem with Debian 8.

[Bulkley]

If by "Root Terminal" you mean that you click an icon and a terminal pops up already in root then I suspect that it is not exiting properly. Clicking the little x in the corner doesn't always do it. Sometimes there is something else running. When this happens try running

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ps a

to see if there are traces still running. If you find it you can kill it.

[tb75252]

If by "Root Terminal" you mean that you click an icon and a terminal pops up already in root then I suspect that it is not exiting properly. Clicking the little x in the corner doesn't always do it. Sometimes there is something else running. When this happens try running

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ps a

to see if there are traces still running. If you find it you can kill it.

I always type "exit" to get out of Root Terminal. I never click on the X in the corner.

This is the output of "ps a":

• $ ps a
  PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
  825 tty1 Ssl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session gnome-session --aut
  834 tty1 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary --autosta
  846 tty1 Sl+ 0:05 /usr/bin/gnome-shell
  878 tty1 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/bin/Xwayland :1024 -rootless -noreset -listen 4
  910 tty1 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
  954 tty2 Ssl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session --run-script default
  956 tty2 Sl+ 1:04 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1
  962 tty2 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-binary
  1059 tty2 Sl+ 1:07 /usr/bin/gnome-shell
  1161 tty2 Sl+ 0:01 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
  1187 tty2 Sl+ 0:00 zeitgeist-datahub
  1191 tty2 SNl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-extract
  1192 tty2 SNl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-miner-fs
  1194 tty2 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-printer
  1200 tty2 Sl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-alarm-notify
  1202 tty2 Sl+ 0:03 /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
  1206 tty2 SNl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-miner-user-guides
  1212 tty2 SNl+ 0:00 /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-miner-apps
  1992 pts/0 Ss 0:00 bash
  1997 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps a

Which one is for Root Terminal?

[orythem27]

1. Open the file manager and navigate to /usr/share/applications;
2. Find the icon "Root Terminal";
3. Right click the icon "Root Terminal" - open in text editor;
4. Note the command in the field "Exec=";
5. Launch "Root Terminal" once;
6. Launch a regular terminal, execute the command in (4.);
7. Watch the output.

[tb75252]

1. Open the file manager and navigate to /usr/share/applications;
2. Find the icon "Root Terminal";
3. Right click the icon "Root Terminal" - open in text editor;
4. Note the command in the field "Exec=";
5. Launch "Root Terminal" once;
6. Launch a regular terminal, execute the command in (4.);
7. Watch the output.

This is what I get when I launch the command after "Exec=":

$ gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled: Process org.gnome.Terminal received signal 11