Dominik Vogt [dominik.vogt_at_fvwm.org] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 02:34:47PM +1000, shao_at_cia.com.au wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > I fork them to background immediately after start up.
> >
> > shao:/home/shao$ licq &
> > [1] 8950
> >
> > But typing exit in xterm won't kill licq. I will try your
> > suggestions.
>
> Strange. Does the licq vanish if you kill the shell or the xterm
> with 'kill -9'?
No. It stays with kill -9. I have tried this with both bash and
zsh. I also tried to run emacs from the xterm, and it has the
same behaviour. It is nothing really important, but I just want
to find out why....
>
> > Dominik Vogt [dominik.vogt_at_fvwm.org] wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 12:26:37PM +1000, shao_at_cia.com.au wrote:
> > > > I have bound my F10 key to close the window using the following:
> > > >
> > > > Key F10 A N Close
> > > >
> > > > But after starting one of the icq programs, such as licq or
> > > > gnomeicu, then press F10 to close the xterm, it will kill the
> > > > icq programs as well.
> > > >
> > > > I have also noticed that, it does not happen with other
> > > > programs, such as running another xterm.
> > > >
> > > > Is this a icq problem or fvwm2 problem? I am sure this did not
> > > > happen in fvwm1 days....
> > >
> > > How do you start your icq programs? Directly from your xterm?
> > > With nohup? In the background? Unless configured otherwise your
> > > shell will send a sighup to all its children in the background
> > > when it's terminated. You can configure your shell to exit
> > > without doing this.
>
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> Dominik Vogt, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Dept. BVS
> Herrenberger Str.130, 71034 Boeblingen, Germany
> phone: 07031/14-4596, fax: 07031/14-3883, dominik_vogt_at_hp.com
>
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Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:46:26 BST