Public bug reported: When Xinerama is enabled when using the proprietary nvidia drivers, gnome-terminal fails to start. When run from an alternative terminal (konsole), the error is:
The program 'gnome-terminal' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'. (Details: serial 105 error_code 2 request_code 78 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) I've tried several combinations of xorg.conf with both open-source nv and proprietary nvidia drivers. Each combination worked with gnome- terminal, except when xinerama was enabled. When I tried commenting xinerama out of my otherwise working xinerama enabled xorg.conf, gnome-terminal worked. Uncommenting xinerama meant that it would not start. There's more info in bug <a href="https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome- terminal/+bug/58232">#58232</a>. ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Gnome-terminal fails to start when Xinerama enabled with nvidia-glx https://launchpad.net/bugs/64623 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs