Re: Not answering clipboard requests

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

ERDI Gergo <cactus cactus rulez org> writes:
> 
> My program sets the X clipboard via gtk_clipboard_set_text. Getting the
> new value via gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text from the same process works, but
> if any other client requests it, no answer is given. The program is
> waiting inside g_main_loop_run.
> 
> #0  0x406a4bee in sigsuspend () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x4005f6eb in __pthread_wait_for_restart_signal ()
>    from /lib/libpthread.so.0
> #2  0x40061776 in __pthread_alt_lock () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
> #3  0x4005de72 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
> #4  0x403c3621 in gdk_event_prepare (source=0x805ed60, timeout=0xbffff6b8)
>     at gdkevents-x11.c:1702
> #5  0x40632145 in g_main_context_prepare (context=0x805ed90, 
>     priority=0xbffff708) at gmain.c:1901
> #6  0x40632a18 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x805ed90, block=1, 
>     dispatch=1, self=0x8058280) at gmain.c:2187
> #7  0x40633270 in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x8065218) at gmain.c:2427
> #8  0x400849d0 in bonobo_main () at bonobo-main.c:276
> 
> 
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> 

I think this is just the deadlock bug Michael found for
gtk_dialog_run(). We need to drop the GDK lock around
g_main_loop_run() in gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text().

Havoc