I think gnome-terminal has other odd dependencies like it needs to receive information about the login session and bus before it is willing to display. For this reason I would recommend 'xterm' instead if you need a working shell via ssh.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Summary changed: - gnome-terminal starts, but shows no window + gnome-terminal starts, but shows no window when launched from SSH -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843164 Title: gnome-terminal starts, but shows no window when launched from SSH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1843164/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs