I would say it's really very ugly behavior even so I'm considering to switch to some other environment (e.g. Unity2D was ok). I've similar problem also with gedit. For my using this is the most important bug and I'll definitely stop using gnome-shell if it would be repaired soon :(.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850649 Title: gnome-terminal extremely slow and display buggy Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After the update to oneiric the gnome-terminal appears to be slow and display is sometimes buggy: * changing between windows and tabs is slow although other applications (like chromium) are not affected * sometimes the display is not updated and some parts (exactly on character box boundaries) of the terminal just show the background ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 15 08:28:30 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-01 (13 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/850649/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp