Garbage and weird behavior in VSCode terminal on macOS High Sierra

[Onwrikbaar]

Issue Type: Bug

Since update to VSCode 1.69.2, typing in a VSCode terminal window makes the window contents appear and disappear and inserts block characters seemingly random. This makes the VSCode terminal effectively unusable.
The macOS native Terminal program works fine.

To reproduce:

1. Open some project
2. Open a terminal window and give it focus
3. Start typing a command, like "ls -l" (see attachment)

Thank you,
Mark

VS Code version: Code 1.69.2 (3b889b0, 2022-07-18T16:12:57.074Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 17.7.0
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: disabled_off opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 3, 2
Memory (System)	4.00GB (0.15GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 32a5f5d1-bec9-421d-8026-122dac4015ca
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[gjsjohnmurray]

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[Onwrikbaar]

Hm, sorry about that. Trying again.
The output of the "date" command appears, but disappears when I start typing the "ls -l" command.

[meganrogge]

does changing terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration help?

[Onwrikbaar]

Yes, changing it from auto to off fixes the problem.

Thank you for your swift response and solution!