[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000135]: system hangsup after running mc on 'mini comand' panel plugin

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000135
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Reporter:                   mike512
Handler:                    
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000135
Category:                   plugins
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   block
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2004-03-15 17:41 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-04-14 08:35 GMT
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Summary:                    system hangsup after running mc on 'mini comand' panel plugin
Description: 
When trying to run command 'mc' in minicomand plugin the graphic system
hangsup with no posibylity to restore. The only solution is to reboot
system. even not posible to kill the processes manualy.
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 olivier - 2004-03-17 20:49 GMT 
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This is a general known problem in X, don't run console apps w/out a
terminal!

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 purslow - 2004-03-18 06:12 GMT 
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w all respect, it doesn't happen w KDE :
there, the app doesn't start, but X & KDE go on functioning as before.
do you perhaps mean that it's a known problem w Gtk ?

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 huysmans - 2004-04-13 15:36 GMT 
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I couldn't fix this by closing /dev/stdin. To me that sounds like mc is
pretty broken. 

Unless someone is willing to spend time more time on this, I think we
should close it (and hope glib will fix it in the future ;)

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 purslow - 2004-04-14 08:35 GMT 
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this is a continuing bug, which needs fixing, so please don't close it
yet.
it's not just MC, but affects any console app.

Olivier is wrong -- for once (smile) -- in saying it's a general X
problem:
it doesn't happen with KDE, so maybe it's a Gtk problem which Qt avoids.

040320 Jasper announced:

  "I just committed a small change to xfce-exec (CVS HEAD)
  that seems to solve the problem with console apps freezing X
  when the terminal option is not set.
  It would be nice if someone could test it".

there has been no further mention of this: does it work ?
if it's going to be ok in 4.2 , no doubt we can wait.