biketrials: OK this is extreme but it might lead to a better explanation. Can you press alt-f2 and run xterm and within that type gnome-terminal and post the output here?
-- Gnome terminal crashes when using desktop effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs