diff -r 9e496a2aadca -r b9274b595650 drivers/timers_kernel/timers_kernel.c
--- a/drivers/timers_kernel/timers_kernel.c	Fri Nov 12 22:02:32 2010 +0100
+++ b/drivers/timers_kernel/timers_kernel.c	Fri Nov 12 22:24:06 2010 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-This file is part of CanFestival, a library implementing CanOpen Stack. 
+This file is part of CanFestival, a library implementing CanOpen Stack.
 
 Copyright (C): Edouard TISSERANT and Francis DUPIN
 
@@ -111,5 +111,9 @@
 
 void WaitReceiveTaskEnd(TASK_HANDLE *Thread)
 {
-	force_sig (SIGTERM, *Thread);
+        /* join thread here because force_sig() does not work */
+	while((*Thread)->state <= 0)
+	{
+	  ; /* >0 means stopped */
+	}
 }