Comment 6 for bug 96820

I get this as well. When I open up xfce4-terminal, it works just fine, but if I open a new tab in the terminal . . . That tab remains blank (all black) unless I switch back to the original tab, and then switch one more time back to the new tab.

As soon as I switch back to the new tab, the terminal input area has "refreshed," and I'm presented with the standard terminal command prompt.