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From: Jay Smith <jay@JaySmith.com> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Cut-Copy/Paste dies after several hours (-clipboard) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:26:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <3FBAF02E.4020605@JaySmith.com> (raw) Hi again, 1) Is this a known problem? Any suggestions? I thought I was going nuts, but it has happened enough times that I am sure it is really happening. My usual workday is about 14 hours. After around 9-11 hours, the "-clipboard" cut-copy/paste between Windows and Linux stops functioning. It seems that it no longer puts the highlighted content into to the/a paste buffer. I have not been able to determine if this is simply "happening by itself" of if some event is occuring. However, if I accidenally leave my X sessions up overnight, the cut-copy/paste rarely still works in the morning even though it may have worked when I left the night before. My Windows machine is Windows 95b. The Linux server on which the X applications are running is Red Hat 8, up2date with most recent updates. I have not been able to find instructions on Cygwin.com how to get a list of installed Cygwin/XFree version numbers. (Advice?) However, I installed everything freshly on 18 October 2003 if that helps. I am using the -clipboard option. I am not sure why I am not using xwinclip -- there was something that did not work at some point. 2) In case anybody is inspired to work on it, I still have the problem that if I don't get logged in to the XDM "instantly", the cut-copy/paste does not function. I have mentioned this earlier and Harold said that he is otherwise occupied. I don't have the technical ability to do anything about it. When I say instantly, I mean that I have to absolutely type my name and password as fast as I possibly can -- and I am a very fast typist -- and about half the time, that is fast enough. If I am too slow, the cut-copy/paste does not work. Also, if the startup time of Xwin is too slow (i.e. first time run after PC is rebooted), then I rarely have a chance of cut-copy/paste working. Because of Win95 graphics resource issues, I have to reboot my machine every morning -- that means I have to log in to the XDM at least twice to get cut-copy/paste working. There is a particular "click" the hard disk makes (of the many that occur as programs are starting up) when this particular program is starting. I know 100% of the time that if the "click" happens before the login process is far enough along that the cut-copy-paste will not work. By the way, this also means if the Linux server is under heavy load and responding slowly at that moment that I am out of luck and will have to try again until things are fast enough getting logged in and up before cut-copy/paste will work. Jay -- Jay Smith e-mail: Jay@JaySmith.com mailto:Jay@JaySmith.com website: http://www.JaySmith.com Jay Smith & Associates P.O. Box 650 Snow Camp, NC 27349 USA Phone: Int+US+336-376-9991 Toll-Free Phone in US & Canada: 1-800-447-8267 Fax: Int+US+336-376-6750
next reply other threads:[~2003-11-19 4:26 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2003-11-19 4:26 Jay Smith [this message] 2003-11-19 4:34 ` Harold L Hunt II 2003-11-19 14:53 ` xwinclip installation problems (Re: Cut-Copy/Paste dies after several hours (-clipboard)) Jay Smith 2003-11-19 16:00 ` Harold L Hunt II 2003-11-19 15:59 ` Cut-Copy/Paste dies after several hours (-clipboard) Holger Krull
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