{"id":1579,"date":"2020-03-13T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T16:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2020-03-14T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T13:39:55","slug":"copy-and-paste-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"Copy and Paste fails"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a recent upgrade to my primary workstation, and a new installation on a couple virtual machines, I discovered that copy and paste was not working. I use both Xfce and LXDE for my desktops on various hosts, both physical and virtual and the problem occurred with both desktops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a bit of thrashing around I discovered that the problem is a configuration item that has changed in more recent updates to the clipboard on these desktops. The changed configuration item specifies that the clipboard is to be automatically cleared after a default timeout 1 second. I suspect that this configuration was added to free up memory in hosts that have a small memory installation. After all, both of these desktops are designed for lightweight hosts with fewer resources than most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Figure 1: Remove the check mark from the “Purge history…” box.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Start by locating the clipboard icon on the desktop panel. Right-click on the clipboard icon, which displays the clipboard preferences dialog box. Then click on the History tab to view the dialog shown in Figure 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the fix could be either of two things. One, I could set the timeout to be longer. Or, Two, I could simply turn it off completely. I chose the latter method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I simply removed the checkmark from the “Purge history after timeout” box. You might notice that I also changed the default to 30 seconds, just in case this box gets checked again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have not had any repeats of this problem since I made the change.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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