[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 682] xfce freezes when using a command line application in launcher without "run in terminal" setting

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------- Additional Comments From jasper at xfce.org  2005-09-06 16:05 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> an additional note to my previous patch: it seems like all output streams must
> be directed to /dev/null for it to work, so leaving stderr open isn't any good.
> 
> I haven't tried yet, but possibly directing stderr to an error log of some sort
> would work, and keep error logs around.
> 
> Also, I still haven't figured out why this patch works, and I'm not all that
> sure where to start trying.

I'm afraid this doesn't work for me. My test app, mc, still freezes everything
and I can't even get X to regain control after killing mc.

I also tried running setsid() in the child, but that didn't work either :( I
wonder if someone really knows what is going on here. I'd like to know...


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