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I created a new profile that opened with the fortune program (atp-get install fortune-mod for the download location) and set it as the profile with which to open all new terminals with so that I would get a new fortune when I opened terminal. Unfortunately I didn't know to set "exit terminal when process exits" to something else so that it wouldn't exit out almost immediately. Currently it does exit as soon as fortune exits which is nearly immediately and I need to delete the profile but i cant through the terminal "manage profiles" option because it exits too quickly to even try and open the edit menu let alone delete the profile. I need to know what directory the profile is saved to so that i can delete is manually. I tried to do a system wide search but the results of that search was tons of files and folders and I don't have time to open them all. I appreciate all help i can get. Thanks in advance.










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    How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

    – bartolo-otrit
    Oct 8 '16 at 16:51











  • As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

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I created a new profile that opened with the fortune program (atp-get install fortune-mod for the download location) and set it as the profile with which to open all new terminals with so that I would get a new fortune when I opened terminal. Unfortunately I didn't know to set "exit terminal when process exits" to something else so that it wouldn't exit out almost immediately. Currently it does exit as soon as fortune exits which is nearly immediately and I need to delete the profile but i cant through the terminal "manage profiles" option because it exits too quickly to even try and open the edit menu let alone delete the profile. I need to know what directory the profile is saved to so that i can delete is manually. I tried to do a system wide search but the results of that search was tons of files and folders and I don't have time to open them all. I appreciate all help i can get. Thanks in advance.










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    How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

    – bartolo-otrit
    Oct 8 '16 at 16:51











  • As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

    – sdbbs
    Feb 20 '17 at 8:10














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I created a new profile that opened with the fortune program (atp-get install fortune-mod for the download location) and set it as the profile with which to open all new terminals with so that I would get a new fortune when I opened terminal. Unfortunately I didn't know to set "exit terminal when process exits" to something else so that it wouldn't exit out almost immediately. Currently it does exit as soon as fortune exits which is nearly immediately and I need to delete the profile but i cant through the terminal "manage profiles" option because it exits too quickly to even try and open the edit menu let alone delete the profile. I need to know what directory the profile is saved to so that i can delete is manually. I tried to do a system wide search but the results of that search was tons of files and folders and I don't have time to open them all. I appreciate all help i can get. Thanks in advance.










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I created a new profile that opened with the fortune program (atp-get install fortune-mod for the download location) and set it as the profile with which to open all new terminals with so that I would get a new fortune when I opened terminal. Unfortunately I didn't know to set "exit terminal when process exits" to something else so that it wouldn't exit out almost immediately. Currently it does exit as soon as fortune exits which is nearly immediately and I need to delete the profile but i cant through the terminal "manage profiles" option because it exits too quickly to even try and open the edit menu let alone delete the profile. I need to know what directory the profile is saved to so that i can delete is manually. I tried to do a system wide search but the results of that search was tons of files and folders and I don't have time to open them all. I appreciate all help i can get. Thanks in advance.







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    How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

    – bartolo-otrit
    Oct 8 '16 at 16:51











  • As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

    – sdbbs
    Feb 20 '17 at 8:10













  • 1





    How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

    – bartolo-otrit
    Oct 8 '16 at 16:51











  • As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

    – sdbbs
    Feb 20 '17 at 8:10








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How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

– bartolo-otrit
Oct 8 '16 at 16:51





How to import gnome-terminal profile from dconf database: unix.stackexchange.com/a/199864

– bartolo-otrit
Oct 8 '16 at 16:51













As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

– sdbbs
Feb 20 '17 at 8:10






As a note, the comment/link from @bartolo-otrit refers to gnome-terminal profiles in dconf (note D) - but in ubuntu 14, gnome-terminal profiles are in gconf (note G); and for gconf, you can look into ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/ for the profiles

– sdbbs
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Profiles for GNOME Terminal are stored in the GConf configuration system. To modify them directly, press Alt+F2 to display the "Run a command" box, enter gconf-editor, and then browse to /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles.



Unchecking /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/use_custom_command should solve your problem.



An alternative method for getting out of this situation is to override the custom command by specifying another as a command-line argument, e.g. gnome-terminal -x bash, once again in the "Run a command" box.






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  • The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Nov 3 '11 at 4:17












  • The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

    – Balinus
    Aug 19 '16 at 14:53











  • @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Oct 10 '16 at 17:38






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    On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

    – phant0m
    May 24 '17 at 0:40











  • Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

    – EoghanM
    Aug 14 at 11:00


















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You can also run xterm, another terminal emulator that is available in Ubuntu. From there you can run any commands you need.



To make it the default terminal, run:



sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator


And change the default to whatever you want.



Another approach to fix Gnome Terminal is to use Nautilus (the file manager) to delete all custom preferences:



  • Navigate to ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal (it's a hidden folder, hit CTRL+H to view)

  • Edit the xml files there, or simply delete the whole gnome-terminal folder

  • Open your Gnome Terminal again, it will be restored with factory settings





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    Profiles for GNOME Terminal are stored in the GConf configuration system. To modify them directly, press Alt+F2 to display the "Run a command" box, enter gconf-editor, and then browse to /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles.



    Unchecking /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/use_custom_command should solve your problem.



    An alternative method for getting out of this situation is to override the custom command by specifying another as a command-line argument, e.g. gnome-terminal -x bash, once again in the "Run a command" box.






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    • The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Nov 3 '11 at 4:17












    • The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

      – Balinus
      Aug 19 '16 at 14:53











    • @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Oct 10 '16 at 17:38






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      On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

      – phant0m
      May 24 '17 at 0:40











    • Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

      – EoghanM
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    Profiles for GNOME Terminal are stored in the GConf configuration system. To modify them directly, press Alt+F2 to display the "Run a command" box, enter gconf-editor, and then browse to /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles.



    Unchecking /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/use_custom_command should solve your problem.



    An alternative method for getting out of this situation is to override the custom command by specifying another as a command-line argument, e.g. gnome-terminal -x bash, once again in the "Run a command" box.






    share|improve this answer




























    • The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Nov 3 '11 at 4:17












    • The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

      – Balinus
      Aug 19 '16 at 14:53











    • @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Oct 10 '16 at 17:38






    • 2





      On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

      – phant0m
      May 24 '17 at 0:40











    • Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

      – EoghanM
      Aug 14 at 11:00













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    Profiles for GNOME Terminal are stored in the GConf configuration system. To modify them directly, press Alt+F2 to display the "Run a command" box, enter gconf-editor, and then browse to /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles.



    Unchecking /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/use_custom_command should solve your problem.



    An alternative method for getting out of this situation is to override the custom command by specifying another as a command-line argument, e.g. gnome-terminal -x bash, once again in the "Run a command" box.






    share|improve this answer
















    Profiles for GNOME Terminal are stored in the GConf configuration system. To modify them directly, press Alt+F2 to display the "Run a command" box, enter gconf-editor, and then browse to /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles.



    Unchecking /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/use_custom_command should solve your problem.



    An alternative method for getting out of this situation is to override the custom command by specifying another as a command-line argument, e.g. gnome-terminal -x bash, once again in the "Run a command" box.







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    • The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Nov 3 '11 at 4:17












    • The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

      – Balinus
      Aug 19 '16 at 14:53











    • @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Oct 10 '16 at 17:38






    • 2





      On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

      – phant0m
      May 24 '17 at 0:40











    • Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

      – EoghanM
      Aug 14 at 11:00

















    • The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Nov 3 '11 at 4:17












    • The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

      – Balinus
      Aug 19 '16 at 14:53











    • @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

      – Marcello Nicoletti
      Oct 10 '16 at 17:38






    • 2





      On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

      – phant0m
      May 24 '17 at 0:40











    • Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

      – EoghanM
      Aug 14 at 11:00
















    The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Nov 3 '11 at 4:17






    The alternative method ended up being the one that worked. Thank you very much. I'd vote up but I don't have 15 reputation :(

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Nov 3 '11 at 4:17














    The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

    – Balinus
    Aug 19 '16 at 14:53





    The alternative command is also the only one that worked. In the gconf-editor, there wasn't any "use_custom_command checkbox.

    – Balinus
    Aug 19 '16 at 14:53













    @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Oct 10 '16 at 17:38





    @ændrük sorry for taking so long to accept. I just got a notification for this question which brought me back all these years later.

    – Marcello Nicoletti
    Oct 10 '16 at 17:38




    2




    2





    On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

    – phant0m
    May 24 '17 at 0:40





    On Ubuntu 17.04, these entries aren't there in gconf-editor

    – phant0m
    May 24 '17 at 0:40













    Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

    – EoghanM
    Aug 14 at 11:00





    Profiles for # GNOME Terminal 3.32.1 are stored in dconf not gconf A comment on this question seems to imply that they should be migrated over automatically to dconf, but I haven't got that to work askubuntu.com/questions/906137/…

    – EoghanM
    Aug 14 at 11:00













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    You can also run xterm, another terminal emulator that is available in Ubuntu. From there you can run any commands you need.



    To make it the default terminal, run:



    sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator


    And change the default to whatever you want.



    Another approach to fix Gnome Terminal is to use Nautilus (the file manager) to delete all custom preferences:



    • Navigate to ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal (it's a hidden folder, hit CTRL+H to view)

    • Edit the xml files there, or simply delete the whole gnome-terminal folder

    • Open your Gnome Terminal again, it will be restored with factory settings





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      You can also run xterm, another terminal emulator that is available in Ubuntu. From there you can run any commands you need.



      To make it the default terminal, run:



      sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator


      And change the default to whatever you want.



      Another approach to fix Gnome Terminal is to use Nautilus (the file manager) to delete all custom preferences:



      • Navigate to ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal (it's a hidden folder, hit CTRL+H to view)

      • Edit the xml files there, or simply delete the whole gnome-terminal folder

      • Open your Gnome Terminal again, it will be restored with factory settings





      share|improve this answer




























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        You can also run xterm, another terminal emulator that is available in Ubuntu. From there you can run any commands you need.



        To make it the default terminal, run:



        sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator


        And change the default to whatever you want.



        Another approach to fix Gnome Terminal is to use Nautilus (the file manager) to delete all custom preferences:



        • Navigate to ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal (it's a hidden folder, hit CTRL+H to view)

        • Edit the xml files there, or simply delete the whole gnome-terminal folder

        • Open your Gnome Terminal again, it will be restored with factory settings





        share|improve this answer














        You can also run xterm, another terminal emulator that is available in Ubuntu. From there you can run any commands you need.



        To make it the default terminal, run:



        sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator


        And change the default to whatever you want.



        Another approach to fix Gnome Terminal is to use Nautilus (the file manager) to delete all custom preferences:



        • Navigate to ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal (it's a hidden folder, hit CTRL+H to view)

        • Edit the xml files there, or simply delete the whole gnome-terminal folder

        • Open your Gnome Terminal again, it will be restored with factory settings






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