I get it simply with gksu gnome-terminal
the error happens after the authentication dialog. > (gksu:9543): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion > `atom != GDK_NONE' failed > is repeated four times. Subsequent repeats of the command give no authentication dialog (fair enough), no error messages and no root gnome-terminal, just silent failure. My laptop does not need to be in dual-head mode to reproduce, but xorg.conf has this: > # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated > # again, run the following command: > # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > EndSection > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > Device "Configured Video Device" > SubSection "Display" > Virtual 2560 1024 > EndSubSection > EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org