Making the terminal appear works at first with the keyboard shortcut. Then if we hide it by losing the focus (clicking elsewhere), there is no problem re-opening it with the keyboard shortcut. But, if we hide it using the same keyboard shortcut, then re-opening it with the same shortcut won't work; it will flicker instead as if it thinks that is was displayed so he hides it instead of showing it (with a flicker).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 14289 ***