RE: [2] Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Lars,

I probably won't have time to look at this soon.  Maybe next week.

Don't forget to cc the cygwin-xfree mailing list when you mail me, because
you're not having a conversation with me (even though I wrote xwinclip) you
are having a conversation with the Cygwin/XFree86 project and we like to
keep these conversations public so that others can pitch in.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Jensen [mailto:jensen@physics.unr.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:11 PM
> To: huntharo@msu.edu
> Subject: RE:[2] Problem with windows programs w/Cygwin-xfree
>
>
> Harold,
>
> xwinclip seems to be the problem program. Did you try the steps
> below - I have
> tried them on several machines by now, and on all the "lock up"
> windows, at
> kleast for a while, so I can't launch MSWindows programs. When I stop
> xwinclip the problem goes away.
>
> Lars.
>
> 1) start cygwin/cfree with startxwin.bat.
>
> 2) in the xterm window, start xwinclip
>
> 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.
>
> >We're going to need information on *exactly* which programs this problem
> > happens with.
>
>