On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <shadowhunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I notice that on Windows, Firefox lingers for a few moments after the > window is closed, presumably for garbage collection until the process > finally dies off. > > Perhaps this is what's happening with you? Does it happen with other > applications, or just with Firefox? I tried Firefox and Prism, both has this issue. I also tried google-chrome, no such issue. so seems to be specific to Firefox / Mozilla. Han > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 22:26, Han <keepsimple@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am using SSH to do X forwarding and saw an interesting problem: for >> some applications, even when I closed the application itself, the SSH >> session is still not closed. For other applications, SSH sessions >> closed whenever I closed the application. >> >> For example, if I do: >> >> ssh -X <host> xclock >> >> then I close the xclock app, the ssh session exits. >> >> but if I do: >> >> ssh -X <host> firefox >> >> then I close the firefox app, the ssh session does not exit. >> >> In the latter case, I can see the corresponding sshd process is still >> running at <host>. Is such behavior caused by the application? any >> insights are appreciated. >> >> my SSH version is: >> OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-6ubuntu2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g > > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron > Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Murfreesboro, Tennessee USA >
