Index: libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythtv/libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -p -r1.8 lirc.cpp
--- libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp	7 Apr 2004 06:48:40 -0000	1.8
+++ libs/libmyth/lirc.cpp	21 Oct 2004 04:31:06 -0000
@@ -105,29 +105,15 @@ void LircClient::SpawnApp(void)
 {
     // Spawn app to thwap led (or what ever the user has picked if
     // anything) to give positive feedback that a key was received
-    if (external_app != " &")
+    if (external_app == " &")
+	    return;
+
+    int status = myth_system(external_app);
+
+    if (status > 0)
     {
-        pid_t child = fork();
-        if (child < 0)
-            perror("fork");
-        else if (child == 0)
-        {
-            for (int i = 3; i < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1; ++i)
-                close(i);
-            execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", external_app.ascii(), NULL);
-            _exit(1);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            int status;
-            if (waitpid(child, &status, 0) < 0)
-                perror("waitpid");
-            else if (status != 0)
-            {
-                cerr << "External key pressed command exited with status "
-                     << status << endl;
-            }
-        }
+        cerr << "External key pressed command exited with status "
+             << status << endl;
     }
 }
 
Index: libs/libmyth/util.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythtv/libs/libmyth/util.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -p -r1.39 util.cpp
--- libs/libmyth/util.cpp	14 Oct 2004 04:30:59 -0000	1.39
+++ libs/libmyth/util.cpp	21 Oct 2004 04:31:14 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include <qapplication.h>
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
@@ -656,7 +659,46 @@ int myth_system(const QString &command, 
     (void)flags;
 #endif
 
-    return system(command);
+    pid_t child = fork();
+
+    if (child < 0)
+    {
+        /* Fork failed */
+        perror("fork");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    else if (child == 0)
+    {
+        /* Child */
+        /* Close all open file descriptors except stdout/stderr */
+        for (int i = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1; i > 2; i--)
+            close(i);
+
+        /* Attach stdin to /dev/null */
+        close(0);
+        int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+        dup2(fd, 0);
+        if (fd != 0)
+            close(fd);
+
+        /* Run command */
+        execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command.ascii(), NULL);
+        perror("execl");
+
+        /* Failed to exec */
+        _exit(127);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* Parent */
+        int status;
+
+        if (waitpid(child, &status, 0) < 0) {
+            perror("waitpid");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+    }
 }
 
 QString cutDownString(QString text, QFont *testFont, int maxwidth)