>Jim McQuillan, we found the cause to the problem of the disappearing X >application. The cause is when a user clicks on a document via Konqueror, >where we use it as a file manager, which launches the associated >applications (e.g. OpenOffice, XPDF, etc.) that Konqueror appears to fork >that associated application as a child process rather than a complete >separate fully bonafided process.
In *ix, all processes are children of another process, except for the init process. Therefore there isn't a bonafide and non-bonafide process distinction. The question really is whether the child process has disassociated itself from the process group of the parent. >When a user closes Konqueror, Konqueror or the Linux kernel would kill >all of its child processes which includes those associated applications >which were launched when the user clicks on a document and thus the >disappearing application. > >We tried this on a stand alone Linux workstation running RedHat 9 and the >same behavior occurred. The LTSP server is running RedHat 8. I wondered if >Konqueror forks a child process as opposed to a separate process by >design or is a bug. Here is the proceedure to reproduce this problem. Probably you can write a wrapper that runs the application outside of the browser's process group. So it isn't a LTSP issue, try checking the mailing lists of the browsers for some solutions. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
