Oh, this stuff might all be related to the issue: [0], [1], [2] cheers! mar77i [0] https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4631/dont-sigstop-when-in-hide-mode/here.html [1] https://github.com/ultrabug/py3status/issues/253 [2] https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2280