diff -dur TiMidity++-2.13.0.orig/interface/alsaseq_c.c TiMidity++-2.13.0/interface/alsaseq_c.c
--- TiMidity++-2.13.0.orig/interface/alsaseq_c.c	2004-03-04 05:11:50.000000000 +0100
+++ TiMidity++-2.13.0/interface/alsaseq_c.c	2004-09-15 18:42:41.549524231 +0200
@@ -402,7 +402,11 @@
 	if (ctl.flags & CTLF_DAEMONIZE)
 	{
 		int pid = fork();
+		int fd;
 		FILE *pidf;
+		for(fd=0;fd<256;fd++){
+			if (isatty(fd)) close(fd);
+		}
 		switch (pid)
 		{
 			case 0:			// child is the daemon
@@ -414,6 +418,7 @@
 					fprintf( pidf, "%d\n", pid );
 				exit(0);
 		}
+		setsid();
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {