Comment #1 is correct. This is the intended behaviour of the system. When you start a process it is always as a child of another, usually some session. Graphically, you log in to a desktop session. When you start gnome-terminal you are beginning a separate shell session and any programs started in that terminal belong to the shell session [1]. There are good reasons for this design.
Any program can be started in the desktop session, without needing a menu entry. For example, GNOME provides the run program dialog (ALT-F2) for this purpose. If you desire a program to last for the duration of the desktop session, start it using the run dialog and *not* from gnome- terminal. [1] Some programs apparently take measures to escape from the shell session so that they appear to run in the desktop-session. These are exceptional and should not be considered the norm. If you start a program from a shell session you should expect that it will remain under the control of that shell. ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819842 Title: Commands in the background are terminated after closing the terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/819842/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs