This is fixed by adding: ; fix the clipboard with X11 (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
to your .emacs. It fixes it in Debian Sid (amd64)... I have updated the report on http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378234 to reflect this information. -- Edgy: cannot paste text in Gnome apps from Emacs https://launchpad.net/bugs/55631 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs