Multiwindows problem

Jordi Vila jordi.vila@gtd.es
Mon May 19 16:03:00 GMT 2003


Harold,

By typing 'exit' on the promt, or typing <ctrl>-D. It seems to be 
propagated to the parent process. The terminal is running into a 'rxvt' 
window.


Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> Jordi,
> 
> How are you exiting the console?  With Alt+F4 or by clicking the close 
> button on the window?
> 
> Harold
> 
> Jordi Vila wrote:
> 
>> Hello everybody.
>>
>> I'm using the last revision of the xfree86 server with cygwin, using 
>> the multiwindow mode. It works very well, but from time to time I have 
>> problems. When I exit one xterm (or rxvt terminal) it seems that the 
>> exit command is propagated to the console and the other windows 
>> opened. All of the close and the console also closes. There is another 
>> post talking about the same issue, but there is no answer to the problem.
>>
>> Currently I'm using the following command line to start the X server
>>
>> run XWin -multiwindow
>>
>> and to start the console
>>
>> run rxvt -ls -sl 1000 -sb -fg yellow -bg black -title console \
>> -e /usr/bin/bash
>>
>> The XFree version is
>> XFree86-xserv    4.2.0-37
>>
>> And the operating system.
>> Windows 2000 pro, sp3
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jordi Vila
>>
> 
> 




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