You have been subscribed to a public bug: When I run Applications -> System Tools -> Root terminal, the terminal starts almost immediately but there is displayed one more item in Window List Applet: "Starting Root Terminal" and it stays displayed for more than 10 seconds after terminal actually started.
Note: I do not see this problem if I start "gksudo gnome-terminal" by myself.. It could be related to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/19494 but that is not related to gnome terminal and it is marked as fixed... ** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Justin Payne Status: Incomplete -- "Starting Root Terminal" displayed more than 10 sec after terminal started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120589 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs