Thank you for the useful comments, that's a nvidia driver issue, reassigning to linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 then
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-terminal => linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs => Andreas Mendyk ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Andreas Mendyk => Ubuntu X SWAT -- gnome-terminal does not start when using xinerama and nvidia https://launchpad.net/bugs/58232 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs