How do I use the log4net FileAppender under mono when running as a background process?

I'm having trouble using a log4net FileAppender with mono. If I spawn the processess in the background (i.e. mono MyApp.exe &), the process suspends after a short period of time. If I run the process in the foreground, the logger works correctly.

On the other hand, if I use a ConsoleAppender and redirect it (i.e. mono MyApp.exe > debug.log &), things are fine.

Here is my configuration for the application:

<appender name="debug-log" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
  <file value="debug.log" />
  <appendToFile value="false" />
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%-8timestamp [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
  </layout>
</appender>

<appender name="console" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%-8timestamp [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
  </layout>
</appender>

<root>
  <level value="DEBUG" /开发者_JS百科>
  <appender-ref ref="debug-log" />
</root>

I am using the mono-specific version of the log4net assembly.

EDIT

Mono version: 2.10.1

I just noticed another interesting behavior... I am able to use the FileAppender to write to the debug-log as long as I redirect stdout anywhere. For example, if I start my process using the following:

mono MyApp.exe > /dev/null &

The process executes normally, writing to the debug-log. In this case, I am only using the debug-log, not the console appender. Using the same configuration, the process will suspend after writing a small amount of data to debug-log when I remove the redirect.