nanogui: Can't run nano-X as a background process?
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] Can't run nano-X as a background process?
From:
Petr Ovtchenkov ####@####.####
Date:
25 Aug 2005 20:14:22 +0100
Message-Id: <200508252313.34028.ptr@island.plnet.ru>
On Thursday 25 August 2005 00:51, Geldmacher, Russell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm playing around with Microwindows/Nano-X v0.90 on an Intel Mainstone
> board (PXA-27x) in my spare time and I'm seeing this strange problem
> that I don't think should be happening. The following is just a long way
> to say that I don't think nano-X is working correctly for me as a
> background process.
>
> The docs say to run a program in the following way:
>
> # ./nano-X & sleep 1; ./world
>
> When I do that, the server will run (blanks the screen at least) and
> nothing else will happen. The world map does not show up on the screen,
> nor do I get any messages on the console. However, if on the local
> console (serial console, /dev/ttyS0) I run the server:
>
> # ./nano-X
>
> and then telnet into the board and run:
>
> # ./world
>
> everything will be just fine. Going a bit further, if I were to run the
> server on the local console as a background process:
>
> # ./nano-X &
>
> and then try telnetting in and running "world", nothing will happen. If
> I go back to the local console and hit Ctrl-Z and then do "fg", the
> world map will show up on the screen!
>
> So it looks to me like a background process issue. Has anyone else come
> across this?
Do you have busybox with ash (may be + uClibc)? I saw the same problem, and
think that problem in ash---the same problem happens not only with nano-X.
- ptr
that problem in ash
