Simple solution (that worked for me): change your color depth from 24 to 16 (in xorg.conf).
First seen here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/91849/comments/9 -- Xubuntu 7.04 xserver crashes when launching terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114124 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs