"Diez B. Roggisch" <deetsNOSPAM at web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:c39d3f$nqm$01$2 at news.t-online.com... > Under Linux, similar things worked for me. Did you call setDaemon(True) on > your bg threads? > No, i didnt call setDaemon ... is this essential to gain the functionality i want? Sebastian