Comment #5 on issue 279 by allbery.b: Some GTK2 apps crash X when XMonad's stderr is not redirected to /dev/null http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=279 The strace doesn't show what I really need, but you'd need to trace the entire X session to get it. What I suspect is that your stdout/stderr is going to a pty that is no longer open (screen session, or if you're launching the session with an xterm, starting xmonad, then closing the xterm). -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings