How to get a shell prompt back after a shortcut launches a command?
 

I made a shortcut on the desktop (using RHEL5.1 with KDE) that launches a script to mount a usb device.

The shortcut runs the command: "konsole -noclose -e /crib/chongmi/mountusb.sh"

It launches konsole and mounts the usb drive, but then it never returns the a prompt. It just hangs there.

Actually any command makes it hang, even "df" command never returns a prompt. "konsole -noclose -e df"

Anyone know how to make konsole return a shell prompt after executing a command?


Thanks!

add "&" at the end of the command
it will put the command in the background, and return to the prompt

Actually I tried that, adding &, but that doesn't work either.

Any other ideas?

why don't you run the script without the console ?
or remove the noclose option.