Comment 3 for bug 99038

I'm using Feisty, and the problem's still there in updates as of the evening of 30th March.

If it's an X-server issue then it might be relevant that I'm using Intel G965 graphics.

I wonder whether it's a termcap issue; is gnome-terminal supposed to emulate TERM=xterm? I'm using, as you see from the screencap, whatever the default font in Feisty's gnome-terminal is; the server which I'm connected to when I have this trouble is a debian box with /etc/termcap
# Version 10.2.7
# $Date: 1999/03/10 15:53:04 $

[I don't know the command to figure out which package-name and version that /etc/termcap came from; /etc/debian-version is 3.1 if that helps]