Similar here... In Gnome i prefer to use nautilus-open-terminal, and today i enabled under Desktop Effects "extra effects". Since then I was not able to use the open-terminal plugin! When i try to, nautilus comes up to 100%. The problem still exists when i disable desktop effects, and i can reproduce the problem with a new user!
How to solve: After some debugging i found out that a key is missing in gconf open gconf-editor and navigate to /desktop/gnome/applications/terminal In case the exec Value is empty, fill in gnome-terminal -- Gnome terminal crashes when using desktop effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134563 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