DOCUMENT ID: 1175-02 SYNOPSIS: Some commands appear to hang when run from openwin-menu OS RELEASE: 2.1, 2.4 PRODUCT: Solaris x86 KEYWORDS: hang run openwin menu command stdin SYMPTOMS: When launched from openwin-menu, commands which read from stdin may not prompt the user as expected; they appear to be hung. If you hit a carriage-return, then you get a shell prompt. DESCRIPTION: Commands which read from stdin may not work properly when launched from openwin-menu. SOLUTION: Commands which read from stdin can be made to work properly if they are launched from the console and their input is redirected from the console, such as: rlogin box < /dev/null DATE APPROVED:10/10/95