On Wednesday 06 April 2005 16:55, Birt, Jeffrey wrote: > I'm sure this is a silly question, but..... > I have an application that is started by a script in .kde/Autostart. > When this app is started a console window appears, if the console window > is closed the app stops. I know, duh! (of course the same thing happens > when you launch it manually from a console window) (BTW, it's a helper > app for MetaVNC that handles clipboard functions) Put an ampersand after your command to run it in the background. For example, you can type this in console: gedit & Now if you close the console, gedit will still be running. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
