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winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: 00000578
- From: "John Allwright" <john dot allwright at iptest dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:23:47 +0100
- Subject: winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: 00000578
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi,
I found the solution to this problem at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.xfree/9707, posted by Peter
Oliver.
Here's Peters solution...
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, James Simonsen wrote:
> I am still experiencing problems with -clipboard and XDMCP [with GDM].
> Copy and paste between linux/windows works fine in the login dialog,
> but stops working as soon as I log in.
I had exactly the same trouble with GDM, and found that if you set
"KillInitClients=false" in gdm.conf the problem goes away.
This setting seems to be true by default, so a fix/workaround in
Cygwin/X itself would be helpful if possible. Perhaps the clipboard
daemon could be made to automatically reconnect whenever it is
disconnected?
The comment that goes with the KillInitClients option is a little
misleading, BTW:
# To try to kill all clients started at greeter time or in the Init
script.
# doesn't always work, only if those clients have a window of their own
Presumably this means that clipboard support is implemented with some
kind of invisible window?
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Peter Oliver
Midrange Services
Aquila Networks Services Ltd
Hope that helps!
Regards,
John
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