copy/paste problem

Bug #221337 reported by lall
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

The problem is next.

Let's say, i'm trying to copy internet address (or any text) from firefox (or wherever) to any location, everything works smooth, until the application is opened. If I copy a link address from firefox, close it and then try to paste the address to wherever, it is gone.

So, if i want to copy any text, i have to keep the application opened from where i'm coping from, otherwise i can't paste it to anywhere.

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS amd-64

Tags: likely-dup
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. That doesn't seem to be a nautilus issue though, applications having the bug don't use the clipboard correctly, reassigning to firefox since you mention it in the description

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lall (martin-lall) wrote :

Firefox was only example. It is also with terminal and any other opened window or application. Also any popup window (errors, popups etc). I'm sure it's not Firefox issue.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

lall, Hardy does have 2.6.25 kernel is this a kernel outside of Ubuntu repos? are you using gnome kde xfce when you see this issue? Does it only happen with that one WM?

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lall (martin-lall) wrote :

It's downloaded from kernel.org and i compiled it myself. And yes, it's out of repositories so far. I'm using gnome.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what do you mean by WM?
This "bug" happens everywhere and every time. Whenever i try to copy any kind of text I have to keep opened the application where I'm coping from. Otherwise the PC doesn't "remember" the copied text.
A good example:
A message pops up on my desktop. Let say it is some error like this: "The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured."

When I copy this message from the popup window i have to keep it opend until i have pasted this message to somewhere. If I close the window before i paste the text, the text isn't anymore in memory.

And it's everywhere and with any kind of program, application, window and so on. Firefox, nautilus, terminal, any text editor, etc.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

that's not a nautilus bug

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 221337] Re: copy/paste problem

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:22:29PM -0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. That doesn't seem to be a nautilus issue
> though, applications having the bug don't use the clipboard correctly,
> reassigning to firefox since you mention it in the description
>

this is a duplicate of the clipboard bug.

 tag likely-dup
 status incomplete

 - Alexander

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Incomplete
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Breathe (mrcaudevilla) wrote :

I would like to open again this bug...

Exactly the original bug... only with firefox

>Let's say, i'm trying to copy internet address (or any text) from firefox (or wherever) to any location, everything works smooth, until the >application is opened. If I copy a link address from firefox, close it and then try to paste the address to wherever, it is gone.

description: updated
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lall (martin-lall) wrote :

This bug is still there, but it comes and goes like it wants.
I had this problem in anywhere you can copy something.

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Breathe (mrcaudevilla) wrote :

Well, if it happens with one program or with two, or all of them, it should be reported, and we should look at it... it's really annoying when you need to open again the url you copy/pasted because the copy action hasn't work

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Jayson Rowe (jayson.rowe) wrote :

Since it's been a very long time since any additional info was added to this bug, I'm just checking to see if this is still an issue, and find out what additional work should be done on this bug.

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lall (martin-lall) wrote :

Hi,
Actually..

I use 8.10 now, and i still have this problem (sometimes).
I've done many total format so my computer, so this can't be some old prob. in my system.

Martin

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to file this bug report with us. Closing due to age. If this is still a problem in 3.0.7 please reopen this bug.
Also please reopen with all new information on how to reproduce this bug by giving us step by step instructions.
We also need what happens what is expected to happen.
To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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