This appears related to whether the menu is show by default or not, and
only affects the first instance of the terminal. Subsequent terminal
instances open at the correct size, regardless of menu.
Also, this affects xfce4-terminal, and in fact, only the first instance
of either gnome-terminal or x
Here's a screenshot of the issue on 10.10 for me:
** Attachment added: "connection-untrusted.jpg"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/640018/+attachment/1794432/+files/connection-untrusted.jpg
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