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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that is related to cat /dev/urandom. The random characters have
random ANSI escape codes in them which changes your terminal
configuration.

This is perfectly normal, and you just need to blindly type "reset" to
fix it.


** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419217

Title:
  gnome-terminal displays unreadble letters in main window and title

Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  unclear whether the letters belong to a charset or are just random
  junk bytes, see attached screenshot for details. This might be related
  to an invokation of `cat /dev/urandom`, but the issues can't be
  reproduced constantly, but multiple times.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.6.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Feb  7 04:00:45 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-26 (11 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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