The 'shared resource' thread must be a deamon, otherwise the application won't exit

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/impl/x11/glx/X11GLXDrawableFactory.java b/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/impl/x11/glx/X11GLXDrawableFactory.java
index 8dd620c1f..5b5c07a61 100644
--- a/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/impl/x11/glx/X11GLXDrawableFactory.java
+++ b/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/impl/x11/glx/X11GLXDrawableFactory.java
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ public class X11GLXDrawableFactory extends GLDrawableFactoryImpl {
         } catch (JogampRuntimeException jre) { /* n/a .. */ }
     }
 
-    // init shared resources ..
+    // Init shared resources via own thread
+    // Will be released via ShutdownHook
     sharedResourcesRunner = new SharedResourcesRunner();    
     sharedResourcesThread = new Thread(sharedResourcesRunner, Thread.currentThread().getName()+"-SharedResourcesRunner");
+    sharedResourcesThread.setDaemon(true); // Allow JVM to exit, even if this one is running
     sharedResourcesThread.start();
     sharedResourcesRunner.waitUntilInitialized();