Minor progress on Windows clipboard deadlock

Andrew Braverman abraverman@recurrentsoft.com
Tue Mar 2 14:47:00 GMT 2004


I occasionally have the windows app hang when pasting from X to Windows and
I use XP with a single monitor.

- Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Ed Avis
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:22 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Minor progress on Windows clipboard deadlock
>
>
> Oyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> writes:
>
> [pasting from X to Windows hangs the Windows app]
>
> >I would say that there is inconclusive evidence that this this
> >deadlock does not occur under W2K with a single monitor, but only on
> >a XP machine w/multiple monitors.
>
> Yes, I am using XP and two monitors, and I was pasting from the X
> server displayed on one monitor to an app displayed in the other.  I
> think.
>
> I have not tested that the deadlock does not occur when not using two
> monitors.
>
> --
> Ed Avis <ed@membled.com>
>
>




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