Well I've now tried several combinations of xorg.conf with both open-
source nv and proprietary nvidia drivers. Every combination worked with
gnome-terminal, EXCEPT when xinerama was enabled.
I go to the point where I tried simply commenting xinerama out of my
xorg.conf. Gnome started an instance
I am receiving the exact same error as the original reporter, when
trying to run gnome-terminal from Konsole. The program will not run when
I try to open it from the Applications menu either.
I'm running dual monitors with Xinerama and the nvidia-glx drivers, but
no other changes to the X config