Index: xinit-1.4.3/xinit.c
===================================================================
--- xinit-1.4.3.orig/xinit.c
+++ xinit-1.4.3/xinit.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static char xserverrcbuf[256];
 
 #define TRUE 1
 #define FALSE 0
+#define ERR_EXIT 1
 
 static char *default_server = "X";
 static char *default_display = ":0";        /* choose most efficient */
@@ -570,6 +571,8 @@ startClient(char *client_argv[])
 {
     clientpid = fork();
     if (clientpid == 0) {
+        int fd;
+
         set_environment();
         setWindowPath();
 
@@ -577,7 +580,17 @@ startClient(char *client_argv[])
             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_argv);
         Error("Unable to run program \"%s\"", client_argv[0]);