Hi, I simplified the necessary steps. Use tabbed with "foreground = False" in config.h
test:~$ xid=`tabbed -d xterm -into` ; xterm -into "$xid" <press CTRL-q twice> test:~$ tabbed: fatal error: request code=113, error code=2 X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 113 (X_KillClient) Value in failed request: 0x3e00024 Serial number of failed request: 484 Current serial number in output stream: 484 test:~$ alex