I have this bug too, and I found a pattern. By typing two keys in rapid succession, the second keystroke usually (~90%) makes it through to gnome-terminal.
Initially I had the idea it might be SCIM-related, but removing SCIM did not seem to clear the problem. Greg Sharp gregsh...@geocities.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org