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    Copy/Paste problems

    I'm using GG as my primary desktop now, and am constantly plagued with inconsistent copy/paste behavior. Usually, it doesn't work at all, sometime it does.

    Here is what I can easily reproduce:

    - Copy text in thunderbird and paste it into a new message - nothing, the paste option is greyed out. ^v doesn't work either.
    - Same for text copied out of firefox and pasting into thunderbird.
    - The above also fails pasting into kate
    - Copy/paste from OOffice writer - no go here either

    These are just a few examples. It is hugely frustrating! Any ideas?
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    Re: Copy/Paste problems

    KDE 3.5.8 or KDE 4?
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      Re: Copy/Paste problems

      3.5.8. Here's the thing - I have another install of GG, also 3.5.8, and there is no problem. The one with theproblem is a new install - 2 weeks old.
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        Re: Copy/Paste problems

        Are you using keyboard shortcut for pasting? If so which key combo?

        I've found out that in some programs Ctr-v doesn't seem to work all the time, but Shift-Insert always works.
        (Annoys me though....)

        Hope this helps.
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          Re: Copy/Paste problems

          I've tried using both keyboard shortcuts (^c and ^v), and the right-click menu techniques. Neither works. The thing is, both approaches work on other computers running the same software. Have not tried your method.
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            Re: Copy/Paste problems

            I'm still having the problem. Here is some more detail:

            If I copy something from firefox and try to paste it into konsole (e.g. a url to test with wget). Nothing happens most of the time. I close firefox, try again, nothing happens. I start firefox again, and voila! I get the text I originally copied!

            Thunderbird is so bad that I can't even copy from one email and paste into a new one.

            Is this likely a mozilla issue?
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              SOLVED - Re: Copy/Paste problems

              After much frustration, I figured out what the problem is. I use krdc very frequently - basically have it open all the time. I was able to determine that when I close my krdc sessions (RDP based, didn't test VNC), my clipboard began behaving properly. I tested rdesktop as well, and it had the same problem, until I disabled the clipboard like so:

              rdesktop -r clipboardff <host>

              I don't know why it only happens on this particular PC. Possibly a tie in with the x11 driver (FGLRX) and the underlying hardware?
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