from--https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2935183/bash-infinite-sleep-infinite-blocking Ask Question Asked 13 years, 3 months ago Modified 1 month ago Viewed 179k times 236 I use startx to start X which will evaluate my .xinitrc. In my .xinitrc I start my window manager using /usr/bin/mywm. Now, if I kill my WM (in order to f.e. test some other WM), X will terminate too be…