sorry that i didn't attach this earlier, i'm kinda disorganized. I haven't had this problem again, but after filing this bug, I decided to do a strace before rebooting. If this doesn't provide enough information, I guess I'll have to wait until this problem comes up again.
** Attachment added: "strace-gnome-terminal" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16992802/strace-gnome-terminal ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- gnome-terminal is unreponsive on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs