diff -wur orig/wmdctrl-0.4.0/source/wmdctrl.c wmdctrl-0.4.0/source/wmdctrl.c
--- orig/wmdctrl-0.4.0/source/wmdctrl.c	Mon Oct 25 16:59:20 1999
+++ wmdctrl-0.4.0/source/wmdctrl.c	Wed Mar 22 09:55:48 2000
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include <X11/xpm.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/shape.h>
 
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -54,6 +57,26 @@
 #include "wmdctrl-master.xpm"
 #include "wmdctrl-mask.xbm"
 
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+/* Get rid of zombies */
+void
+sigchld_handler (int signum)
+{
+	int pid, status, serrno;
+	serrno = errno;
+	while (1) {
+		pid = waitpid (WAIT_ANY, &status, WNOHANG);
+		if (pid < 0) {
+			perror ("waitpid");
+			break;
+		}
+		if (pid == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	errno = serrno;
+}
+#endif
+
 /************************************************************************/
 /* main function                                                        */
 /*                                                                      */
@@ -64,20 +87,29 @@
 /* o closes the fifo                                                    */
 /************************************************************************/
 
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+int using_tcp = 0;
+
+char launch_command[1024];
+char hostname[100];
+char port[10];
+char command_fifo_name[100];
+#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
 {
 	FILE *monitor_file;
 	int command_fd;
 
-	char launch_command[1024];
-
-	char command_fifo_name[100];
-	char filename[100];
-
+#ifdef NO_FLB_FIX
 	int using_tcp = 0;
+
+	char launch_command[1024];
 	char hostname[100];
 	char port[10];
+	char command_fifo_name[100];
+#endif
+	char filename[100];
 
 	/* variables for getopt */
 	char opt;
@@ -157,6 +189,10 @@
 	AddMouseRegion(BUTTON_BLOCK, 38, 49, 48, 58);
 	AddMouseRegion(BUTTON_LAUNCH,49, 49, 58, 58);
 
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+	/* Setup signal handler */
+	signal(SIGCHLD,sigchld_handler);
+#endif
 	/* The main loop */
 	dctrl_loop(command_fd, monitor_file, launch_command);
 
@@ -251,6 +287,35 @@
 	return s;
 }
 
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+/*
+  Reconnects!
+*/
+void reconnect(int* command_fd, FILE** monitor_file)
+{
+	char filename[100];
+
+	fclose(*monitor_file);
+	if (using_tcp) {
+		if ((*command_fd = open_socket(hostname, atoi(port))) == -1) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		if ((*monitor_file = fdopen(*command_fd, "r")) == NULL) {
+			perror("fdopen failed:");
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+		send_command("monitor 0x0600017f wmdctrl\n", *command_fd);
+	} else {
+		if ((*command_fd = open(command_fifo_name, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK)) == -1) {
+			perror("open failed:");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		sprintf(filename, "/tmp/wmdctrl.%d", getpid());
+		*monitor_file = make_fifo(filename, *command_fd);
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 /************************************************************************
  * FUNCTION   : make_fifo()
  * AUTHOR     : Tim Coleman
@@ -266,6 +331,9 @@
 FILE *make_fifo(char *filename, int command_fd)
 {
 	int fp;
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+	int flags;
+#endif
 	FILE *monitor_fd;
 	char command[100];
 
@@ -278,9 +346,17 @@
 	/* Make the fifo */
 	mkfifo(filename, 0600);
 	monitor_fd = fopen(filename, "r+");
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+	fcntl(fileno(monitor_fd),F_GETFL,&flags);
+	fcntl(fileno(monitor_fd),F_SETFL,flags|O_NONBLOCK);
+	setvbuf(monitor_fd,NULL,_IONBF,0);
+#endif
 
 	sprintf(command, "monitor 0x0600017f %s\n", filename);
 	send_command(command, command_fd);
+#if 0 /* ndef NO_FLB_FIX */
+	unlink(filename);
+#endif
 	return monitor_fd;
 }
 
@@ -413,6 +489,11 @@
 			DrawRXBar(rx_load5);
 			DrawTXBar(tx_load5);
 		}
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+		else if (IS_MESSAGE(foo)) {
+			fgets(foo, LINE_WIDTH, monitor_file);
+		}
+#endif
 
 
 		RedrawWindowXY(xpm_X, xpm_Y);
@@ -465,7 +546,11 @@
 								break;
 							case BUTTON_LAUNCH:
 								buttonChange(BUTTON_LAUNCH, DOWN);
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+					if (fork() == 0) {
+#else
 								if (fork() > 0) {
+#endif
 									for (i = 0; i < strlen(launch_command); i++) {
 										if (launch_command[i] == '\t') {
 											launch_command[i] = ' ';
@@ -493,6 +578,10 @@
 									}
 								}
 								break;
+#ifndef NO_FLB_FIX
+				default:
+					reconnect(&command_fd,&monitor_file);
+#endif
 					}
 					break;
 				case ButtonRelease:
@@ -511,7 +600,17 @@
 					return;
 			}
 		}
+#ifdef NO_FLB_FIX
 		usleep(150000);
+#else
+		{
+			fd_set set;
+			FD_ZERO(&set);
+			FD_SET(ConnectionNumber(display),&set);
+			FD_SET(fileno(monitor_file),&set);
+			select(FD_SETSIZE,&set,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+		}
+#endif
 		fgets(foo, LINE_WIDTH, monitor_file);
 	}
 }