Try the solution without running in background and checking zenity is still working.
It seems echo command exits the loop when application reading the pipe is closed. (while true; do echo `tail percentage_file` sleep 3; done) | zenity --progress Trick with echo resolves cancel button support. Please confirm it works for you. brgds rumi -- zenity --progress cancel button doesn't return a value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs