On Wednesday 06 April 2005 16:09, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > 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 And this goes to show that for every prequalified "silly/dumb" question there are quite a few folks who would like to know but either didn't think to ask or chose to not ask. Thanks for asking! :-) Now I know. Something I always forget to ask.
