Also, notepad can't paste while the X system is in the "hung" condition. Once it's killed, paste in notepad returns.
I can send you the "Dr. Watson" error reports generated by Windows when it kills the "Non-Responsive" app - if you would find them at all helpful. Brian -----Original Message----- >From: Brian Kelly >Sent: Sep 15, 2010 11:12 AM >Subject: Re: Latest Cygwin X hangs when mouse is used to highlight text > >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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
