[X2Go-User] Copy and paste between systems stops working

[Norm Green]

How can I do that?  I followed the below procedure and am still at 
3.5.99.22.  I assume that since .23 is "released" that the Arctica repo 
should be sufficient and I don't need the Arctica nightly repo.

https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:nx-libs-betatesting

Norm Green



On 1/31/2020 12:15 AM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
> Yesterday 3.5.99.23 was released. So can you please retry with that version?
>
> Uli
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:00 AM Norm Green
> <norm.green at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>> I am running the new nx libs 3.5.99.22 on Unbutu 16.04 and access the
>> Linux machine from a windows 7 machine running x2go client 4.1.2.0 .
>> Just now I cannot copy from the Linux desktop and paste on the windows side.
>> Copy on goes fine but paste on the windows side shows an empty
>> clipboard.  I've tried the same 3 times with the same results.  I'm
>> guessing if I restart my x2go session that copy and paste it will work
>> once again.
>>
>> In any case, the copy and paste problems are not all fixed by the new nx
>> libs.
>>
>> Norm Green
>>
>> On 1/22/2020 3:51 AM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
>>> As Stefan already wrote: there have been a lot of clipboard
>>> improvements lately. They will be included in the next nx-libs release
>>> (would probably be 3.5.99.23). Unfortunately the current development
>>> version suffers from a serious crash so I cannot recommend you to try
>>> that one. A fix is available but has not been included yet -
>>> unfortunately.
>>>
>>> Can you please try nx 3.5.99.22 from the location described here:
>>> https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/57
>>>
>>> Uli
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:45 PM Paul Borowicz <paul at borowicz.org> wrote:
>>>> I'm on openSuse. I've always have trouble cutting and pasting between next to go and Windows using the mouse.
>>>>
>>>> I usually have pretty good success if I copy from x to go using the control-shift-c method and then paste with control-v on Windows.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 9:42 AM Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Léa!
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 15.01.20 um 12:08 schrieb Lmhelp1:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the problem:
>>>>>> as long as I copy and paste strings from the Windows system to a console
>>>>>> (xterm) in the Linux system, it works fine.
>>>>>> If I start, for example, "gvim foo.txt" which contains the string "foo",
>>>>>> select "foo" with the mouse and try to paste it in a Gvim or a Notepad
>>>>>> running on the Windows system, the string "foo" is not pasted in the
>>>>>> Windows Gvim or Notepad.
>>>>>> And starting from this point, I cannot copy and paste anything between
>>>>>> the two systems.
>>>>>> I have to close all the Windows in the Linux system, close the X2Go
>>>>>> session and restart a new one to have copy and paste work again between
>>>>>> the two systems.
>>>>>> And, as soon as I open a document with Gvim in the Linux system, and try
>>>>>> to copy and paste strings to and from it, it malfunctions again.
>>>>>> Practically, it becomes very unhandy because I regularly need to copy
>>>>>> and paste things that way between the two systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you help me solve that problem?
>>>>>> Thanks and best regards.
>>>>> First, do you really have to close the X2Go session?  I would have
>>>>> expected that suspending it, closing X2GoClient on Windows, and
>>>>> restarting it would be enough to reset the clipboard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Second, there have been some changes to vim regarding the handling of
>>>>> mouse commands, I believe this started with the version shipped with
>>>>> Debian Stretch and got even worse in Buster.  Maybe try:
>>>>>
>>>>> :set mouse=
>>>>>
>>>>> in gvim before trying to copy-paste things?
>>>>>
>>>>> Third, we are currently beta-testing a new version of the NX libraries
>>>>> with numerous clipboard fixes.  Please visit
>>>>> <https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:nx-libs-betatesting> and see
>>>>> if you can help us test the new version, so it can become a part of X2Go
>>>>> proper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>> Stefan Baur
>>>>>
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