You have been subscribed to a public bug: the title is self explanatory. This happened on Xubuntu Feisty. It's OK on Ubuntu.
I had to install konsole to have a working terminal. Bye ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- opening the gnome terminal closes the session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116052 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs