Public bug reported: Enable desktop effects. Open several terminal windows. Some will display your text, others wont.
ProblemType: Bug Date: Fri Mar 2 22:25:04 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- With "desktop effects" enabled, every other terminal window fails to draw text. https://launchpad.net/bugs/89369 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs