diff -Nuard control-center-2.4.0.orig/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c control-center-2.4.0/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c
--- control-center-2.4.0.orig/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c	2003-08-01 21:39:54.000000000 +0200
+++ control-center-2.4.0/capplets/default-applications/gnome-default-applications-properties-structs.c	2003-09-16 20:51:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 TerminalDescription possible_terminals[] = 
 { 
-        { N_("Gnome Terminal"), "gnome-terminal", "-x", FALSE },
+        { N_("Gnome Terminal"), "gnome-terminal", "-e", FALSE },
         { N_("Standard XTerminal"), "xterm", "-e", FALSE },
         { N_("NXterm"), "nxterm", "-e", FALSE },
         { N_("RXVT"), "rxvt", "-e", FALSE },