Integrated clipboard inconsistent.
Posted: 25. Aug 2009, 15:21
VirtualBox: 3.0.4
Guest Additions: 3.0.4.
Host: SuSE Enterprise Linux 9 + SP4
Guest: Windows XP
Yes I know my host is old, but it's unavoidable since we must develop and test on this platform for our client.
I have come across and annoying inconsistency in the way that the clipboard integration works in my environment. Under Gnome, there seem to be two different clipboard mechanisms. The first is the usual XWindows one where you select some text and then middle-click on another terminal window to paste the text you selected. The second clipboard works via the Edit->Copy/Paste menu items of Gnome. Under my host system, these are completly independent, i.e. using the XWindows mechanism does not clear the Gnome clipboard.
When the guest is introduced, things get a bit messy though as you can see from the following tests:
Guest: Select some text, and ctrl-c. Middle-Click in Gnome terminal window on host -> Paste works OK
Guest: Select some text, and ctrl-c. Do Edit->Paste from Gnome terminal window on host -> Paste works OK
Host: Select some test in Gnome terminal and then ctrl-v in guest -> Pasted text is not the selected text, but the text from the previous test..
Host: Select some test in Gnome terminal and then do Edit->Copy, ctrl-v in guest -> Paste works OK
It's a bit annoying that I have to remember to copy thing to the Gnome clipboard for VirtualBox to see the text.
Guest Additions: 3.0.4.
Host: SuSE Enterprise Linux 9 + SP4
Guest: Windows XP
Yes I know my host is old, but it's unavoidable since we must develop and test on this platform for our client.
I have come across and annoying inconsistency in the way that the clipboard integration works in my environment. Under Gnome, there seem to be two different clipboard mechanisms. The first is the usual XWindows one where you select some text and then middle-click on another terminal window to paste the text you selected. The second clipboard works via the Edit->Copy/Paste menu items of Gnome. Under my host system, these are completly independent, i.e. using the XWindows mechanism does not clear the Gnome clipboard.
When the guest is introduced, things get a bit messy though as you can see from the following tests:
Guest: Select some text, and ctrl-c. Middle-Click in Gnome terminal window on host -> Paste works OK
Guest: Select some text, and ctrl-c. Do Edit->Paste from Gnome terminal window on host -> Paste works OK
Host: Select some test in Gnome terminal and then ctrl-v in guest -> Pasted text is not the selected text, but the text from the previous test..
Host: Select some test in Gnome terminal and then do Edit->Copy, ctrl-v in guest -> Paste works OK
It's a bit annoying that I have to remember to copy thing to the Gnome clipboard for VirtualBox to see the text.