1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/awt/xlib/XEventLoop.java b/libjava/gnu/awt/xlib/XEventLoop.java
index 149ee736d7c..d0c46a804d5 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/awt/xlib/XEventLoop.java
+++ b/libjava/gnu/awt/xlib/XEventLoop.java
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
-public class XEventLoop
+public class XEventLoop implements Runnable
 {
   Display display;
   EventQueue queue;
   XAnyEvent anyEvent;
-
+  private Thread eventLoopThread;
+  
   LightweightRedirector lightweightRedirector = new LightweightRedirector();
     
   public XEventLoop(Display display, EventQueue queue)
@@ -35,13 +36,17 @@ public class XEventLoop
     this.queue = queue;
     
     anyEvent = new XAnyEvent(display);
+    eventLoopThread = new Thread(this, "AWT thread for XEventLoop");
+    eventLoopThread.start();
   }
 
-  void interrupt()
+  public void run ()
   {
-    anyEvent.interrupt();
+    // FIXME: do we need an interrupt mechanism for window shutdown?
+    while (true)
+      postNextEvent (true);
   }
-
+  
   /** If there's an event available, post it.
    * @return true if an event was posted
    */
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ public class XEventLoop
     AWTEvent event = null;
     if (loadNextEvent(block))
       {
-        event = createEvent();        
+        event = createEvent(); 
         event = lightweightRedirector.redirect(event);
       }
     return event;