copy paste problem

[Corné Beerse]

Nepple, Bruce wrote:
> This happens in 5.4 and 5.3
> 
> I'm running xfce3 under linux through vnc4
> 
> I'm using nc with about 60 open sessions.
> 
> Ctrl-c and ctrl-v don't work. They have worked
> in the past, but not now.  If I start a new
> nedit session (not nc), it doesn't work either.
> 
> Middle mouse select/pasting works fine.
> 
> I suspect that it is desktop/vnc related, but
> hopefully  someone will have an idea where
> to start looking.

I'm roughly sure it is vnc related... The vnc-session (viewer and/or server) do 
only transfer the select-buffer from/to the X11 side. Other buffers are roughly 
not touched.

With vnc (well with version 3 or related at least) the copy-paste actions 
between a m$windows desktop and a unix-vnc-server do work in `xterm` and related 
"older" applications but not in current applications that do have cut-copy-paste 
menu options. With xclipboard you can roughly see whats happening and you can 
use that to get things going, at least as current workaround.

I do know stuff has changed in this area with the newer vnc version 4 but I 
still have not tested details. I already do know it is related to the version at 
the server (remote) side.



CBee