----- Original Message ----- > > > To solve the issue, we trigger a display update when the agent becomes > > > connected, but give it a long timeout (e.g. 5 seconds). This gives some > > > time > > > > To avoid the timeout, we could rely on the agent caps reply to happen > > right after sending the client caps->request, no? > > Perhaps I don't understand your suggestion, but this 5-second timeout is > only to handle the case where the server doesn't actually send an agent > caps message. In the normal case (where the server sends its > capabilities), there will be no timeout because we'll trigger a display > update immediately after receiving the agent caps reply... Yes, but what if the reply doesn't come after 5s, we will still get the same bugs I suppose. As you may agree, it's best to avoid timers (some exceptions are those that are user or HI related timers, such as the delay timer for monitor resize) _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel