What's going on is that the menu item Application->accessories->terminal has a desktop file that tells that menu entry what to do when it is pressed. It is told to launch a gnome-terminal.
I believe if the desktop file for that menu entry gave a command for the terminal in your preferred applications your problem would be solved. Therefore I am switching this bug to gnome-terminal since I believe they handle the desktop file for this menu entry. ** Package changed: xterm (Ubuntu) => gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) -- default terminal does not have an effect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs