diff -r 457040e266df glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/gtk/GtkApplication.java
--- a/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/gtk/GtkApplication.java	Thu Feb 02 12:44:30 2012 +0100
+++ b/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/gtk/GtkApplication.java	Thu Feb 02 13:28:43 2012 -0800
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
                 return th;
             }
         });
-        toolkitThread.setDaemon(true); //TODO may need some cleanup in the native thread
         setEventThread(toolkitThread);
         toolkitThread.start();
     }