Danny, I don't think the problem could possibly be ssh or the network for the reasons you and others have mentioned.
More likely it's a bug in the pty layer, or the gnome terminal widget. (it's had quite a few). Upgrade if you can. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
