gnome application launcher -- keeps running in background

[NoOp]

On 11/28/2008 12:49 PM, H.S. wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> 
>> I _think_ that it goes to background by default (again, not sure as I'm
>> not well versed on wget (I use the gui gwget for most). But I did:
>> 
>> ~$ wget -c http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso
> 
> I tried this same exact command in a launcher, but in KDE this time, to
> be started in a terminal. wget stops if I close that terminal window,
> unlike in case of Gnome and gnome terminal.
> 
> Looks like it is gnome-terminal that is doing something wrong or at
> least different.
> 
> In KDE's case, Konsole starts up as the terminal and closing that
> terminal sends SIGHUP signal to wget.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 

Must be gnome in general then, as I've done the same (in Gnome) using
Gnome Terminal, Terminal, and Konsole with the same results - continues
in background. In actuality it continues the download even if the status
monitor shows it as 'sleeping'; I switched to the wireless laptop & can
watch the download continuing on the router. The download only stops if
I 'killall wget'.

Tried to do it via KDE, but for some reason all I am getting for KDE on
the laptop (intrepid) is a KDE4 mouse cursor on a black screen... ah the
wonders of new software.