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[Egmont Koblinger <egmont@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does setting a much simpler PS1 make the bug go away? E.g.
PS1='$'

Can you please share the current values of PS1 and PROMPT_COMMAND?
echo "$PS1"
echo "$PROMPT_COMMAND"

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Title:
  Japanese Character Encoding Bug

Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After I set the character encoding as to Japanese(ISO-2022-JP), 
  and then input "Enter", 
  The bash prompt is shown doubled.
  In another encodings, This bug is not occurred.
  I tested it on precise and trusty.
  It related to PS1 variable of bashrc.
  You can find following lines at /etc/skel/.bashrc or $HOME/.bashrc

  if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
      PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
  else
      PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
  fi

  In above lines, The second line is incompatible for Japanese Encoding
  mode.

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