Bug#536207: klipper stops cut'n'paste from Eterm working
Package: klipper
Version: 4:4.2.4-1+b1
Severity: normal
A few weeks ago cut'n'paste in Eterm stopped working after a general
upgrade and I initially ascribed the problem in my mind as being caused
by the move to libc 2.9 and recent Eterms. That was cemented by the
observation that cut'n'paste works fine still in xterm and pterm. It's
just that the cut part from Eterm has stopped working. Unless one holds
the shift key down and never lets it up, the paste is empty when one
comes to do it, and the highlighted text becomes unhighlighted as the
shift is released. Releasing the shift key even for a millisecond
empties the cut buffer and unhighlights the grabbed text, so that the
paste puts down nothing.
I was wrong in my initial assessment. I've since run the problem down
with a series of tests. All works fine in/from Eterm if run under a window
system other than kde (e.g. just twm). If the "good" window
management is killed and KDE is started, the problem returns even in an
Eterm that has been running throughout.
Checking the sequence of processes that KDE starts, klipper looked the
likely source from the observed timing. Indeed, killing klipper reverts
a running Eterm to normal behaviour, and subsequently started Eterms
behave properly too. Starting klipper again reverts the behaviour of
running Eterms to the improper mode.
So that's it. Klipper is stealing Eterm's cut buffer when the shift key
is released. This never used to happen. I guess it's a KDE 4 thing and
I suppose I have inadvertently recently upgraded to KDE 4 with my
standard upgrade!
Curious that xterm and pterm are unaffected. I'd be grateful if you
could liase with the author/maintainer of Eterm to work out what's going
on. He's Muammar El Khatib, muammarelkhatib@gmail.com. I've talked to
him about this and he's friendly!
Peter Breuer
-- System Information:
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:languages-3.2-ia32:languages-3.2-noarch:multimedia-3.2-ia32:multimedia-3.2-noarch:printing-3.2-ia32:printing-3.2-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu (nah .. that's what it was a year ago! It's debian unstable)
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardyArchitecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-11 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash-static
Versions of packages klipper depends on:
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.2.4-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdelibs5 4:4.2.4-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii libc6 2.9-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libqt4-dbus 4.5.1-2 Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii libqtcore4 4.5.1-2 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4.5.1-2 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.4.0-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.1-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14 compression library - runtime
klipper recommends no packages.
klipper suggests no packages.
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