gnome-terminal window content disappearing

[Csipak Attila]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start gnome-terminal.

2. Start Rhythmbox in debug mode:

# rhythmbox -d

3. Start playback in Rhythmbox. (Maybe this is optional, maybe not. I guess this ensures that fresh output is sent to the gnome-terminal window continuosly, which may help to reproduce the bug.)

4. Switch back to gnome-terminal: the main part of the terminal window goes blank. If this step doesn't produce the bug, try walking around a bit on the desktop, switching windows, minimizing the terminal window etc. Also, when the bug appears, maximizing or resizing back the gnome-terminal window will make the debug output reappear. Walking a bit around the open windows, then returning to gnome-terminal may reproduce the bug again and again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.4.0.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: e665592ec356650b8c1e4f41698ed522
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Sat Mar 31 09:48:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Christian Sperandio (christian-sperandio)]

I've got an iMac 2006 and I often work with emacs and terminal.
Sometimes, when I switch from chrome and my emacs or terminal windows, I get this strange behavior: the text is visible no more.
I must change the terminal's font or the emacs' theme to get the text again.

I don't have this issue with my Macbook 4.1