Index: xinit-1.3.1/xinit.c
===================================================================
--- xinit-1.3.1.orig/xinit.c
+++ xinit-1.3.1/xinit.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ char xserverrcbuf[256];
 
 #define TRUE 1
 #define FALSE 0
+#define OK_EXIT 0
+#define ERR_EXIT 1
 
 static char *default_server = "X";
 static char *default_display = ":0";        /* choose most efficient */
@@ -561,6 +563,7 @@ startClient(char *client[])
 {
     clientpid = fork();
     if (clientpid == 0) {
+ 		int fd;
         set_environment();
         setWindowPath();
 
@@ -568,7 +571,16 @@ startClient(char *client[])
             Error("cannot change uid");
             _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-        setpgid(0, getpid());
+ 		fd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+
+ 		if (fd < 0) {
+ 			Error("cannot open /dev/null: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ 			_exit(ERR_EXIT);
+ 		}
+ 		close (STDIN_FILENO);
+ 		dup2 (fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+ 		close (fd);
+ 		setsid();
         Execute(client);
         Error("Unable to run program \"%s\"", client[0]);