Further to comment #2 by reporter, will mark "Fix Released" to close.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537146 Title: gnome-termnial visual glitch: 100% transparent Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: To reproduce: 0) open gnome-terminal 1) Open a profile *without* transparent background. ie a solid colour background 2) position a firefox window or something with a lot of white beneath the majority of the gnome-terminal 3) hit enter enough times to reach the bottom. This should 'clear' the state of whether it shows transparent background or not 4) > clear to clear the terminal and present a prompt at the top 5) notice that the screen is unreadable as gnome-terminal has somehow 100% transparent background. See screenshot. DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS" * Ubuntu 12.04+unity (+/- compiz) did the same thing. bash: Installed: 4.3-7ubuntu1.5 Candidate: 4.3-7ubuntu1.5 gnome-terminal: Installed: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 Openbox: Installed: 3.5.2-6 Candidate: 3.5.2-6 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Installed: 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 Candidate: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 Other visual glitches exhibit themselves on this computer so this may be a nouveau issue: see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1537124 makerspace@accounting1:~$ lspci | grep -i 'vga' 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18GL [Quadro NVS 280 SD] (rev a2) makerspace@accounting1:~$ uname -a Linux accounting1 3.13.0-76-generic #120-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 15:58:41 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-76.120-generic 3.13.11-ckt30 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-76-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jan 22 10:11:02 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-16 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-01-19 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1537146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp