thank you, SIGINT was the culprit. trap "echo HUP>>/tmp/err" SIGHUP trap "echo QUIT>>/tmp/err" SIGQUIT trap "echo INT>>/tmp/err" SIGINT trap "echo TERM >>/tmp/err" SIGTERM revealed all _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list