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On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM Jon Turney wrote:
>
> On 05/07/2025 00:39, Jim Reisert AD1C via Cygwin wrote:
> > I do a lot of copying/pasting between Windows and Cygwin-X.  If I try
> > to copy too much, the server will crash.  The symptom is that
> > copy/paste no longer works (in either direction).  I can still start
>
> Hmm... so when you say "crash", you don't mean "exit, abnormally"?
>
> It just keeps on running, but cut and past doesn't work?

Yes, I misspoke.  The server keeps running but copy/paste stops working.

> This code is old enough to shave and still doesn't work properly :(
>
> In the past, these problems have sometimes been caused by "clipboard
> helper/manager" type Windows programs.  You might want to check if
> you're running such a thing and see if stopping it makes a difference.

I do not have anything running other than what Windows 11 may provide.

> As a workaround, you can try:
>
> * start the X server with the '-noclipboard' option
> * run 'xwinclip'

I'll give that a try, thanks!

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>, https://ad1c.us

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