gnome-terminal window changes size to one-line in KDE

[Birgit Nietsch]

I'm using kde, but I prefer the gnome-terminal, because I'm using some features which the konsole does not offer. Under kde, the gnome-terminal behaves a bit strange.

When starting the gnome-terminal under kwin, the window sizes down to one single line hight.

When activating or deactivating the menu (F12), the window sizes down to minimum width and height.

When I resize the window, the cursor freezes and the window contents stop updating, e.g. text does not appear when I'm typing. After dragging the window by grabbing the title bar with the mouse, the cursor will blink again and the contents will be updated.

I tried to force gnome-terminal windows to open in a certain size via kcmshell4, but this had no helpful effect. The gnome-terminal first opened in the desired size, but then rapidly changed size to a single line again.

There are also some redraw problems, when parts of a gnome-terminal have been hidden and are brought into foreground again, but these problems appear randomly: the hidden parts are being redrawn when I move the windows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-terminal 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 24 10:34:07 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (9 days ago)

[Aron Griffis (agriffis)]

This is probably the same as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649680

You can work around this problem in KDE by going to System Settings -> Window Behavior -> Window Rules. Add a new rule called "Gnome-terminal workaround" which sets "Obey geometry restrictions" to "Force No". See the screenshots here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32163197/screenshots/kde-gnome-terminal-workaround.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32163197/screenshots/kde-gnome-terminal-workaround2.png

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do and in which version otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Bug did not expire due to bug watch
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