RE: Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree

["Dawson, David W" <david dot w dot dawson at lmco dot com>]

I have to agree with xwinclip as the culprit.
I have experienced this problem for some time, on 3 different platforms (98,
NT and 2K) with the same symptoms, and the added evidence that killing
xwinclip (kill -9 <pid>) allows the desired program to come up right away.
(Actually my experience is that double-clicking a file in Windows Explorer
will often result in such a "hung" program.)

I have been following the discussion about xwinclip and how it tries to
determine when things are added to the clipboard, and wonder if this is the
root of the problem.

Anyway, since I have no time to help contribute to the solution, I have been
reluctant to bring it up as a problem.  (I just kill xwinclip, then restart
it.)

	-D.
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David Dawson
david.w.dawson@lmco.com
703-367-3885


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lars Jensen [SMTP:jensen@physics.unr.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:55 PM
> To:	Harold Hunt
> Cc:	cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject:	RE: Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree
> 
> Harold,
> 
> Actually, I think I have to correct myself - I now think it is
> xwinclip that hangs up things. I found a way to reproduce the problem.
> 
> 1) Add the line
> 	start xwinclip 
>    after the start twm line in startxwin.bat.
> 
> 2) start cygwin/xfree with the new startxwin.bat
> 
> 3) Go down and click on the windows meny bar and issue the command
>    WindowsKey-E (to bring up windows Explorer). (WindowsKey is the key
> with 
>    a MSWindow on it).
> 
> 4) After this I can't bring any windows programs up (at least for a
>    while). Try to click the Start button, for example. The windows side
>    of the machine become very sluggish.
> 
> 
>    Lars.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
> > Lars,
> > 
> > In answer to your question: no, no one else has reported this problem.
> > 
> > We're going to need information on *exactly* which programs this problem
> > happens with.
> > 
> > Harold
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Lars Jensen
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:32 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sometimes I experience a strange problem with not being able to start
> > > up a windows program when I have cygwin/xfree running. When I click on
> a
> > > windows program while running Cygwin/xfree the windows program first
> > > comes up after I ghave shut down Cygwin/xfree. This is an intermittent
> > > problem that only occurs about half the time. Has anyone had this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lars.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999.
> > > Internet: <jensen@physics.unr.edu>, http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen
> > > Tel: 775.673.7113  FAX: 775.674.7592
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. 
> Internet: <jensen@physics.unr.edu>, http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen
> Tel: 775.673.7113  FAX: 775.674.7592