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Re: retry: Problem transfering X11 cut/copy buffer to windows and back
On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:52 AM Jon Turney wrote:
> > 1. Is there any information I can provide to help debug this problem?
>
> A reliable way of reproducing the problem would be ideal :)
I wish!
> 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. :)
The next time I'm doing an activity which is likely to hit this, I'll
see what I can get.
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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