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Re: Clipboard integration does not work with XDMCP
- From: Claude Sylvain <csylvain at electro-technica dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:54:18 -0500
- Subject: Re: Clipboard integration does not work with XDMCP
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On 02/22/2014 08:36 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>
> Thanks for reporting this problem, and the clear reproduction steps.
>
> The issue here is that the XDMCP login dialog kills all other X clients
> (including the clipboard integration client) for security. The clipboard
> integration client is supposed to restart and reconnect as necessary, but it
> seems this has been broken for a while.
>
> I've has a go at fixing this and uploaded a snapshot at [1]. Perhaps you
> could try that and see if it improves things for you?
>
> [1] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.20140222-git-c14d82e878fc884d.exe.bz2
>
I also noticed this problem, and tested your fix, above [1].
After applying your fix, Xwin clipboard transaction between local
machine and remote machine (through XDMCP) seems to be functional.
Claude
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