Re: [Help-bash] trouble using &

[Pierre Gaston]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:

> Previously written:
> > frank ernest wrote:
> > > I know that changing ttys IE ctrl-alt-F* makes the audio stop
> > > (which makes sense because that if I'm playing a cool tune and
> > > you don't want to hear it you don't since your logged in on a
> > > different tty,) but I don't think & does that to the process.
>
> As I read this in the original post it says that the audio stops
> playing when switching from X to a Linux console.  Or the reverse.
> When they switch the audio stops playing.
>
> Pierre Gaston wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > frank ernest wrote:
> > > > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > > > I can also switch to the Linux virtual console and it keeps
> playing.
> > > > > I am not sure why it would stop. Perhaps some interaction with
> > > > > policykit, systemd-login0, or some such which might be actively
> trying
> > > > > to prevent it?
> > > >
> > > > Interesting, how could I figure out what's going on?
> > >
> > > Sorry but I don't know.  I have suspicions but not enough evidence to
> > > back up a guess.
> >
> > without -q it tries to read from the terminal which causes it to
> > stop....as said above .......
>
> Erm...  I think you have misunderstood what was being asked there.  Or
> perhaps I have.  The question being discussed at this point is why
> does the audio stop playing when using Contrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the
> Linux console?
>

Maybe, I read  the question as "I can't seem to get it to fork into the
background while still playing"