[kde-linux] kde kills background jobs on exit

[Dale]

David Baron wrote:

>Alternatives:
>
>Alt-Ctrl-F1, log in, run job here. Alt-F7 back to KDE. This is how I do long 
>compiles if my wife or daughter wants the machine for their favorite games.
>
>Run job on 1 KDE-session, start another--you can do is in 3.5! When you log 
>off the new one, the old one will still be there. Love it.
>  
>


I usually start a screen session. Just exit out of screen and you can do
anything you want, short of rebooting, and the process still runs. You
can just reattach when you want to check on it.

Dale
:-)