- use fork/exec instead of system for non embeddable tools.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/control-center b/control-center
index 193bb390..d71a5a79 100755
--- a/control-center
+++ b/control-center
@@ -602,7 +602,11 @@ sub compute_exec_string {
 	    }
 	    push @pid_launched, $pid;
 	} elsif ($gtkplug == -1) { # explicitely not embedded
-	    system($exec . " &");
+	    unless ($pid = fork) {
+		splash_warning(_("cannot fork: %s", $~)) unless defined $pid;
+		exec($exec);
+	    }
+	    #system($exec . " &");
 	} else { # gtkplug == 0
 	    $emb_socket->show;
 	    $SIG{CHLD} = undef;