Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-22 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
Options - Mouse - Copy on select mintty has *options*? :-) Thanks! It would still be good to nail down the cause of the non-X application pauses when the server is running. I've been running the server with cut/paste turned off since yesterday (as Jon Stewart would say, Awkward).

XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
I have a persistent problem at work after XWin has been running for a while (sometimes hours, sometimes days). Windows programs will spontaneously freeze I am running Windows XP SP3 on a Dell Latitude D810 laptop (Intel T7200 @ 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM). I typically run MS Outlook 2007, some form of

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 21/11/2011 12:14 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: I have a persistent problem at work after XWin has been running for a while (sometimes hours, sometimes days). Windows programs will spontaneously freeze For example, I'm composing a message in Outlook, and all of a sudden, my keyboard stops

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Ryan Johnson ryan.john...@cs.utoronto.ca wrote: If you think it's clipboard related, try running with -noclipboard and see if that fixes it. Downside is, you lose all clipboard functionality... Duh, I should have though of that. Where do these settings reside

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Andy Koppe
On 21 November 2011 17:57, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: All my work work is X-based, I'm super-comfortable with the interface, for example, using the mouse for copy/paste which is a little more awkward in mintty. In what way? Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 21/11/2011 12:57 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Ryan Johnson ryan.john...@cs.utoronto.ca wrote: If you think it's clipboard related, try running with -noclipboard and see if that fixes it. Downside is, you lose all clipboard functionality... Duh, I should

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: Eh? Mouse copy/paste in mintty is identical to xterm AFAIK... select = copy, middle button = paste. If you're in a mouse-using terminal app you have to hold down [shift] but that's the same in xterm, I think. Not on mine it isn't: *

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 21/11/2011 4:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: Eh? Mouse copy/paste in mintty is identical to xterm AFAIK... select = copy, middle button = paste. If you're in a mouse-using terminal app you have to hold down [shift] but that's the same in

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Andy Koppe
On 21 November 2011 23:45, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 21/11/2011 4:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: Eh? Mouse copy/paste in mintty is identical to xterm AFAIK... select = copy, middle button = paste. If you're in a mouse-using terminal app you

Re: XWin.exe causes Windows apps. to freeze

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 22/11/2011 12:27 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 21 November 2011 23:45, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 21/11/2011 4:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: Eh? Mouse copy/paste in mintty is identical to xterm AFAIK... select = copy, middle button = paste. If