--- ./xserver/hw/xwin/save_winclipboardthread.c	2005-07-04 23:10:43.000000000 +0100
+++ ./xserver/hw/xwin/winclipboardthread.c	2007-05-08 08:14:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
       FD_SET (fdMessageQueue, &fdsRead);
 #else
       tvTimeout.tv_sec = 0;
-      tvTimeout.tv_usec = 100;
+      tvTimeout.tv_usec = 100000;
 #endif
 
       /* Wait for a Windows event or an X event */
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 	}
 
       /* Branch on which descriptor became active */
-      if (FD_ISSET (iConnectionNumber, &fdsRead))
+      if (iReturn > 0 && FD_ISSET (iConnectionNumber, &fdsRead))
 	{
 	  /* Process X events */
 	  /* Exit when we see that server is shutting down */
--- ./xserver/hw/xwin/save_winclipboardwndproc.c	2006-08-18 16:16:50.000000000 +0100
+++ ./xserver/hw/xwin/winclipboardwndproc.c	2007-05-05 06:32:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "winclipboard.h"
 
 extern void		winFixClipboardChain();
+extern void		CheckConnections();
 
 
 /*
@@ -76,8 +77,9 @@
 winProcessXEventsTimeout (HWND hwnd, int iWindow, Display *pDisplay,
 			  Bool fUseUnicode, int iTimeoutSec)
 {
-  int			iConnNumber;
+  fd_set		fdsRead;
   struct timeval	tv;
+  int			iConnNumber;
   int			iReturn;
   DWORD			dwStopTime = (GetTickCount () / 1000) + iTimeoutSec;
 
@@ -90,8 +92,6 @@
   /* Loop for X events */
   while (1)
     {
-      fd_set		fdsRead;
-
       /* Setup the file descriptor set */
       FD_ZERO (&fdsRead);
       FD_SET (iConnNumber, &fdsRead);
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@
 			NULL,		/* No write mask */
 			NULL,		/* No exception mask */
 			&tv);		/* No timeout */
-      if (iReturn <= 0)
+      if (iReturn == 0)
+	{
+	  CheckConnections();
+	  ErrorF ("winProcessXEventsTimeout - Call to select () failed: timeout. Bailing.\n");
+	  break;
+	}
+      else if (iReturn < 0)
 	{
 	  ErrorF ("winProcessXEventsTimeout - Call to select () failed: %d.  "
 		  "Bailing.\n", iReturn);