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From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:45:45 -0600
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Subject: Re: retry: Problem transfering X11 cut/copy buffer to windows and back
To: Jon Turney <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
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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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