Sorry, it turned out to be a few lines in the .bashrc file... it works fine once i removed those lines........Please change the bug status to closed..
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734264 Title: gnome-terminal opens but never gets to a shell prompt -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs