When --wait is on jack always display "press ENTER to exit" when leaving the signal handler. This message is not optimal since it's also displayed when you e.g. kill a ripper or encoder. Check whether sig is set and adapt the message accordingly. Depends on 40_enable_term.patch diff -urN jack-3.1.1+cvs20050801~/jack_display.py jack-3.1.1+cvs20050801/jack_display.py --- jack-3.1.1+cvs20050801~/jack_display.py 2006-02-21 00:39:23.000000000 +0000 +++ jack-3.1.1+cvs20050801/jack_display.py 2006-02-21 00:39:50.000000000 +0000 @@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ progress("all", "err", "abnormal exit (code %i), check %s and %s" % (exit_code, cf['_err_file'], cf['_out_file'])) if cf['_wait_on_quit']: - raw_input("press ENTER to exit") + if sig: + raw_input("press ENTER\n") + else: + raw_input("press ENTER to exit\n") if sig: jack_term.enable()