** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal Executing the command: - gnome-terminal -e lakdjflk (or any non-existent command) produces and error window displaying "There was an error creating a child process for this terminal." The system then becomes unresponsive (keyboard and mouse clicks). The power switch is required for recovery. + gnome-terminal -e lakdjflk (or any non-existent command) produces an error window displaying "There was an error creating a child process for this terminal." The system then becomes unresponsive (keyboard and mouse clicks). The power switch is required for recovery. + + gnome-terminal -x ladjflk also produces the problem, but sometimes the + terminal window can be closed. The CPU appears fully loaded. SSH into + the system shows that the CPU cycles are fully taken by the terminal. System: MB: Asus M3N78-VM; CPU: Athlon X2 4850e-45W 2.5 GHz AM2VT; Grahpics GPU GeForce 8200 VBios 62.77.2f.00.00, NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver Version 180.44. uname -a Linux R2D4 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I changed from NVIDIA Driver version 180.44 to 173.14.16 the problem resolved: the error window still displayed, but the windows could be closed normally. Unfortunately this earlier driver produces many display glitches. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
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