It seems this has reappeared after some absence. Don't know if bash is at fault. Anyway, in an xterm or gnome-terminal, typing
made_up_command & Will often but not always cause the terminal to vanish which is extremely annoying! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241331 Title: Running a non-existing command in the background causes exit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/241331/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs