See attached log run with XWin -logverbose 3 Only the X System hangs - not the whole PC. Other apps continue to work fine. However, **while** the X system is hung, mintty loses it's cut-and-paste capabilities. Once Windows or I with /bin/kill, stop the X system, mintty can once again cut-and-paste (without any need to restart the app). I did have a system failure caused by a VPN memory clash that caused a "blue screen of death" and instant system shutdown. It seems my X-Windows problem began after that episode. I don't know if that is germane, but it's all I can think of as a potential causal contributor. Thanks Jon -----Original Message----- >From: Jon TURNEY >Sent: Sep 15, 2010 7:13 AM >Subject: Re: Latest Cygwin X hangs when mouse is used to highlight text > >On 14/09/2010 20:52, Brian Kelly wrote: >> Thanks Jon for the quick reply. I attached a new log file generated with >> an attempt to highlight - followed by the "hang". > >Can you please attach an X server log generated with the additional server >option '-logverbose 3' > >Can you be more detailed about what you mean by a 'hang'? Does just the X >server application become unresponsive? or your whole system? > >> Again, this worked PERFECTLY just yesterday. > >I understood the first time. > >I would suggest that something has changed on your system to cause this change >in behaviour, but you are best placed to find out what that is. > >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jon TURNEY >>> Sent: Sep 14, 2010 1:47 PM >> >>> Subject: Re: Latest Cygwin X hangs when mouse is used to highlight text >>> >>> On 14/09/2010 18:51, Brian Kelly wrote: >>>> I've been using Cygwin X trouble-free for years, and am running the latest >>>> distribution of X and the Cygwin1.dll for at least two weeks (since the >>>> Cygwin 1.7.7.1 release). It's been fine until this morning when it started >>>> locking on me whenever I used the mouse to highlight text. I have NO IDEA >>>> what changed on my system to now cause this behavior. **ANY** help you can >>>> give to assist me would be most appreciated since I use it for all my >>>> development efforts. >>> >>> This is very likely to be some sort of problem with the clipboard integration >>> code. >>> >>> You might find that using the '-noclipboard' option works around the problem >>> (at the cost of not being able to cut/paste between Windows and X apps). >>> >>> An xserver log with '-logverbose 3' might shed a bit more light on what's >>> going on. > >-- >Jon TURNEY >Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer