From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 98882 invoked by alias); 11 Sep 2019 14:52:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 98873 invoked by uid 89); 11 Sep 2019 14:52:46 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FORGED_SPF_HELO,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=xterm, ad1c, AD1C, reisert X-HELO: sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com Received: from mailomta21-sa.btinternet.com (HELO sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com) (213.120.69.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:52:45 +0000 Received: from sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.4]) by sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20190911145242.VJOD860.sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:52:42 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.173.196.55 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean Received: from [192.168.1.102] (86.173.196.55) by sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.337) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 5D6FCC730174822E; Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:52:42 +0100 Subject: Re: retry: Problem transfering X11 cut/copy buffer to windows and back To: The Cygwin Mailing List References: <5D633C75.5020204@tlinx.org> Cc: Jim Reisert AD1C From: Jon Turney Message-ID: Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:11:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2019-09/txt/msg00121.txt.bz2 On 11/09/2019 00:17, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > I didn't see this message before I posted a separate message. Here is > my report again. > > I am using the latest test X server (1.20.5-3 built 2019-09-06), > HOWEVER, I have seen this problem again and again for months now. > > After I copy/paste enough, either from Xterm to Xterm, or Xterm to > Windows, eventually it stops working. I can still select text in the > Xterm, but I'm unable to paste it into windows - nothing happens. My > fuzzy recollection is that copy/paste from X to X still works, but I > forgot to test that today. > > The only way I have found to fix this is to exit the X server and > restart it. Simply creating a new Xterm does not fix the problem. > > 1. Is there any information I can provide to help debug this problem? A reliable way of reproducing the problem would be ideal :) Failing that, the /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log might be informative. > 2. Is there a way to reset the X server's (or maybe Windows') > copy/paste buffer without having to close all my X windows and restart > the server? Not really. You can start the X server with the '-noclipboard' option, and then run 'xwinclip' for clipboard integration (which since it is a separate process, rather than a thread in the X server, can be killed and restarted). Ideally you'd then attach gdb to xwinclip if/when it gets stuck to debug why that's happening. :) -- Jon Turney Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple