xterm closes "automatically" after executing a command

[jsfarinet]

Hello, i've the following problem:

When i call

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xterm -geometry 100x40 -title Inxi -e inxi -F

all is executed correctly, but after that the xterm windows closes automatically. This does not happen for example with the same identical command in tinycorelinux (on a netbook). I also tried to quote inxi -F and i played around with the & but to no extent (1)

Also:

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xterm -geometry 132x40 -title Htop -e htop

is executed correctly in Salix and the terminal window with htop in it stays.

I checked the options of xterm and inxi but i do not see an option to stop the process (of closing the window).

Thanks a lot in advance for any pointer!

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1) This is - in my environment - a key definition for a fluxbox shortcut.

[westms]

Hello, i've the following problem:

When i call

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xterm -geometry 100x40 -title Inxi -e inxi -F

[...]

Hello,
you might use

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xterm -hold -geometry 100x40 -title Inxi -e inxi -F

instead.

[jsfarinet]

Thanks westms. That works so far - although the inxi process within the terminal window now is frozen. I'm unable to do anything else in it. But, effectively, the window with the infos in it, now stays!

It's curious, that in other linux it works without the "-hold" ...