Hi, <br>could you try to install a different terminal emulator?<br>Open Synaptic->Search->"xterm" -> install.<br>After this, press "Alt + F2" and type xterm in the "run application" window that will appear.
<br>This would not be a solution to your problem, but it could give you a Terminal :-)<br><br>Also: have you tried to reinstall "xfce4-terminal"? This might help as well.<br>BTW: this is not you doing something wrong. It sounds more like a graphics driver problem. But it's strange that it only appears when opening a terminal. So, if reinstall or xterm does not help: Could you tell us something about your graphics card and the driver that is used and if you have compositing enabled in the windowmanager tweaks?
<br><br>Cheers, <br>Stefan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/11/6, JS <<a href="mailto:jks@johnkennethstewart.com">jks@johnkennethstewart.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi<br>I apologise for my ignorance in advance as I am new to both Xubuntu and<br>Linux in general. I have installed the latest Xubuntu on a Dell desktop<br>machine and everything seemed to be fine until I tried to install Celtx
<br>(the Linix version).<br><br>After many hours of failing at this and looking through documentation I<br>have come to the conclusion that part of my problem is that I can't open<br>Terminal. However I try to open Terminal, using the keyboard or through
<br>the Applications/Accessories menu or by right clicking, the screen goes<br>nuts, then black, then reappears at the splash screen with the user log in.<br><br>I assume that this is either me doing something wrong, or a bug, or a
<br>problem with the install - (which I've hardly had time to screw up!).<br><br>I'd be very grateful if someone could help with either or both problems<br>- given that any help with Celtx alone would have to be without using
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