diff -urN xinit-1.0.8.orig/startx.cpp xinit-1.0.8/startx.cpp
--- xinit-1.0.8.orig/startx.cpp	2008-03-08 21:26:55.000000000 -0800
+++ xinit-1.0.8/startx.cpp	2008-03-08 21:27:32.000000000 -0800
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
 
 userserverrc=$HOME/.xserverrc
 sysserverrc=XINITDIR/xserverrc
-defaultclient=XTERM
-defaultserver=XSERVER
 defaultclientargs=""
 defaultserverargs="-nolisten tcp -br"
 clientargs=""
@@ -158,63 +156,44 @@
 whoseargs="client"
 while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
     case "$1" in
-    XCOMM '' required to prevent cpp from treating "/*" as a C comment.
-    /''*|\./''*)
-	if [ "$whoseargs" = "client" ]; then
-	    if [ x"$clientargs" = x ]; then
-		client="$1"
-	    else
-		clientargs="$clientargs $1"
-	    fi
-	else
-	    if [ x"$serverargs" = x ]; then
-		server="$1"
-	    else
-		serverargs="$serverargs $1"
-	    fi
-	fi
-	;;
-    --)
-	whoseargs="server"
-	;;
-    *)
-	if [ "$whoseargs" = "client" ]; then
-	    clientargs="$clientargs $1"
-	else
-	    XCOMM display must be the FIRST server argument
-	    if [ x"$serverargs" = x ] && @@
-		 expr "$1" : ':[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		display="$1"
-	    else
-		serverargs="$serverargs $1"
-	    fi
-	fi
-	;;
+      /''*|\.*)       if [ "$whoseargs" = "client" ]; then
+                  if [ "x$clientargs" = x ]; then
+                      clientargs="$1"
+                  else
+                      clientargs="$clientargs $1"
+                  fi
+              else
+                  if [ "x$serverargs" = x ]; then
+                      serverargs="$1"
+                  else
+                      serverargs="$serverargs $1"
+                  fi
+              fi ;;
+      --)     whoseargs="server" ;;
+      *)      if [ "$whoseargs" = "client" ]; then
+                  if [ "x$clientargs" = x ]; then
+                      clientargs="$defaultclientargs $1"
+                  else
+                      clientargs="$clientargs $1"
+                  fi
+              else
+                  case "$1" in
+                      :[0-9]*) display="$1"; serverargs="$serverargs $1";;
+                      *) serverargs="$serverargs $1" ;;
+                  esac
+              fi ;;
     esac
     shift
 done
 
-XCOMM process client arguments
-if [ x"$client" = x ]; then
-    XCOMM if no client arguments either, use rc file instead
-    if [ x"$clientargs" = x ]; then
-	client="$defaultclientargs"
-    else
-	client=$defaultclient
-    fi
+if [ x"$clientargs" = x ]; then
+	clientargs="$defaultclientargs"
 fi
-
-XCOMM process server arguments
-if [ x"$server" = x ]; then
-    XCOMM if no server arguments or display either, use rc file instead
-    if [ x"$serverargs" = x -a x"$display" = x ]; then
-	server="$defaultserverargs"
+if [ x"$serverargs" = x ]; then
+	serverargs="$defaultserverargs"
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 	display="$defaultdisplay"
 #endif
-    else
-	server=$defaultserver
-    fi
 fi
 
 if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then
@@ -279,15 +258,8 @@
     done
 fi
 
-#if defined(__SCO__) || defined(__UNIXWARE__)
-if [ "$REMOTE_SERVER" = "TRUE" ]; then
-        exec SHELL_CMD ${client}
-else
-        XINIT $client $clientargs -- $server $display $serverargs
-fi
-#else
-XINIT $client $clientargs -- $server $display $serverargs
-#endif
+cleanup() {
+    [ -n "$PID" ] && kill $PID > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then
     if [ x"$removelist" != x ]; then
@@ -315,3 +287,15 @@
 #if defined(sun)
 kbd_mode -a
 #endif
+}
+
+
+trap cleanup 0
+
+xinit $clientargs -- $serverargs -deferglyphs 16 &
+
+PID=$!
+
+wait $PID
+
+unset PID
diff -urN xinit-1.0.8.orig/xinit.c xinit-1.0.8/xinit.c
--- xinit-1.0.8.orig/xinit.c	2008-03-08 21:26:55.000000000 -0800
+++ xinit-1.0.8/xinit.c	2008-03-08 21:27:06.000000000 -0800
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
 	sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, NULL);
 	sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
 
 	signal(SIGALRM, sigAlarm);
 	signal(SIGUSR1, sigUsr1);