On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:12:05 +0100 Rupert <rupert.debian@hotpop.com> wrote: > My xterm stops background jobs that write to the terminal. For example, Here's the culprit in ~/.Xresources: XTerm*allowSendEvents: true This was letting ratpoison, my window manager, send C-t to xterms, but was causing my problems. It's also a "large security hole" according to the xterm manpage, which is nice. Rupert