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