gnome-terminal does not follow the terminal size specified in gconf

[Srikanth Varadarajan]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

I had set the default_size_columns and default_size_rows to custom values in gconf-editor -> apps -> gnome-terminal -> profiles -> Default. I received an update for gnome-terminal today. After the update, when I fire up gnome-terminal, the size is 80x24 even though the default_size_columns/rows are still at custom values in gconf-editor.

I tried logging out and logging back in, but this is still the behavior.

[Srikanth Varadarajan (svaradar)]

This is on Ubuntu 10.04.1 with gnome 2.30.2.

[YourSexyMama (cliff-badger)]

If you go into the Editing Profiles GUI, "Deafult size: ..." is now missing as well.

[Jesse Sweetland (sweetlandj)]

Same problem for me, and ditto on the missing fields in the GUI. Executing "gnome-terminal --geometry=300x75" on the command line produces the desired results. However, changing the terminal in the "Preferred Applications" app to "gnome-terminal --geometry=300x75" has no effect, nor does editing the default_size_columns and default_size_rows keys under apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default.

[Jesse Sweetland (sweetlandj)]

Interestingly, the global keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+t seems to honor the custom Terminal command I specified in the Preferred Applications dialog. I updated the terminal shortcut in my menu to specify a geometry and now it shows up correctly when I click the icon. Still, having the setting in the profile is preferable to having all these command line arguments floating around.

[jbatista (jmnbatista)]

In a virtual machine (VirtualBox) I have a Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit instance, which has gnome-terminal 2.29.6-0ubuntu5 . It still has the "Default size" options in the "Profiles" dialog ("General" pane), and I can confirm that that version does retain that option.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.30.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 24 22:07:46 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt:pt_PT:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pt_PT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal

[jbatista (jmnbatista)]

P.S.: Please note that it required logging out and logging back on for the 2.29.6-0ubuntu5 downgrade to take effect on the current user.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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