Hey, I can confirm this bug using gedit-3.8.3-4.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gedit/plugins/terminal.py", line 273, in do_activate self._panel = GeditTerminal() File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gedit/plugins/terminal.py", line 61, in __init__ self._vte.set_background_image(None) AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'set_background_image' running gedit from terminal. thanks