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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: X connections reset on PC sleep
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:37:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130213153725.GA2882@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <511BABC1.3040801@dronecode.org.uk>
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:05:37PM +0000, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>On 12/02/2013 03:51, Ray Balogh wrote:
>> Sorry, I???m sure this is a known issue, but I can???t seem to locate any
>> description of the problem in the FAQ, docs, or mailing list archives.
>>
>> The problem is that when my PC sleeps, my X connections get reset with
>>
>> xterm: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) or KillClient
>> on X server ???somehost:0???
>>
>> although the Cygwin/X server (Ver. 1.13.1) is still running. I???ve enabled
>> logging, but I don???t see anything at all in the log file.
>>
>> Is there some configuration to stop Cygwin/X from doing this? It???s extremely
>> inconvenient to have to recreate all my windows if I happen to step away from
>> the system for a while. I???m running the X clients under a Ubuntu VM (VMware
>> Player), in case that is significant.
>
>I'm afraid that the X protocol doesn't have any way for a running client to
>detach and reconnect to a server. If one end of the connection goes to sleep,
>the connection will be broken.
I use (and love) this package: http://xpra.org/ which allows you to start
an X server "in the background" and connect/disconnect to it.
See also: http://winswitch.org/ which provides a GUI for manipulating xpra.
FYI.
cgf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-13 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-12 3:51 Ray Balogh
2013-02-13 15:05 ` Jon TURNEY
2013-02-13 15:37 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2013-02-13 17:27 ` Ryan Johnson
2013-02-13 17:51 ` Christopher Faylor
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