Question: 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: 
Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: 
Process /usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server exited with status 8

```

Answer: 
Execute sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales in an alternative terminal emulator and select en\_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 , choose it as the default locale. gnome-terminal should work.
If anyone hits this error using waypipe, the [answer above](https://askubuntu.com/a/1235679/844422) by [BarryPye](https://askubuntu.com/users/1005393/barrypye) shows the way.

e.g. `waypipe --compress lz4 ssh user@host "/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/gnome-terminal &"`