I've been seeing this issue since I've first started using Ubuntu a couple of years back. I've never actually looked into the issue further as I thought a bug report should've already been opened and a fix incoming. Today I've encountered the issue again and had enough, so I searched and came across this thread.
So you're telling me this issue has been known for literally 11 years (or even more, considering its root cause is X) and there is still no fix? Are you guys idiots? No seriously now, are you fucking kidding me? This is purely unacceptable. I don't give a damn how many discussions have existed on this matter or how hard it is to implement a fix, and frankly, it doesn't even matter. You've had 11 fucking years to get your shit together and figure it out. I literally don't even know anymore if I should blame the open-source community or the pure incompetence of Canonical to put a stop to this madness. This has got to be THE WORST bug with such a history from Ubuntu ever. I can't even... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of UBUNTU - AL - BR, which is subscribed to Chromium Browser. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334 Title: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste Status in AbiWord: Confirmed Status in ChmSee: Unknown Status in Chromium Browser: Unknown Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in Eclipse: Unknown Status in Empathy: Unknown Status in Epiphany: Invalid Status in gnome-utils: New Status in GnuCash: Fix Released Status in GTK+: Confirmed Status in Inkscape: Confirmed Status in kdelibs: New Status in KDE Utilities: New Status in mousepad: New Status in OpenOffice: Confirmed Status in Qt: New Status in tomboy: New Status in vim: New Status in Webkit: Fix Released Status in X.Org X server: Invalid Status in Xournal: New Status in XULRunner: Fix Released Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: ===+++ _____________________ ! ALL USERS ! _____________________ +++=== ===+++ READ THIS BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT OR MODIFICATION +++=== IMPORTANT 1: Please see the WORKAROUND a few lines below. IMPORTANT 2: Please don't post any "me too message"; use the "Does this bug affect you?" feature you can find a bit above this bug description on Launchpad. IMPORTANT 3: Do not post anything if you haven't read all comments to verify that your point hasn't been made. If you feel tempted to stop reading because there are too many messages, that is a strong indicator that you shouldn't add even more comments. Developers have a tough time to find anything if you post redundant stuff. So please abstain from doing that. *** WORKAROUND *** --------------------------- Install diodon, klipper, glipper, parcellite or xfce4-clipman -------------------------------------------- *** EXPLANATION OF THE BUG *** When I copy (Ctrl + C, or right click and "Copy") text from somewhere and after that close the program where it is, the clipboard gets empty. Steps to reproduce in gedit : 1. Pick any text field that supports copying, copy some text. 2. Paste into any other text field. 3. It works. 4. Close the source window or program. 5. Paste now does nothing. This bug will happen in any application that doesn't comply with the clipboard specification from FreeDesktop. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager There was also previous considerations about improving xserver-xorg clipboard, which would reduce adaptation work from upstream projects to comply with the specification. Xorg : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25220 http://www.x.org/wiki/CutAndPaste A related proposal is to implement it in Wayland: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/+bug/865885 ******** Actual Status : ******** ----- Not fixed : ------ OpenOffice : http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63092 LibreOffice : https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48783 GIMP | GTK+ : https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510204 Gnucash : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510205 Inkscape : This bug. Blender : https://developer.blender.org/T38674 ++++ Fixed : +++++ Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird (Xulrunner) : Fixed in 1.9.3 trunk https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311340 Evolution : Fixed in 2.29 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258374 Chromium : http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32291 Pidgin : Fixed Gedit : Fixed Most Gnome apps, Fixed ************************************* To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/abiword/+bug/11334/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
