Re: vmware cut and paste

[Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>]

Douglas G. Phillips wrote:
> > I'm running VMware (4.5.2 build 8848) on Woody, with a Win2K
> > guest. Everything I've tried works fine except for cut and paste
> > between host and guest.
> >
> > If I make a primary X selection in an xterm, all the VMware Edit menu
> > items stay grey. If I make a selection in Windows (CTRL-C or using a
> > menu or just highlighting), all the VMware Edit menu items stay
> > grey. I've also tried selecting and pasting in various Gnome and KDE
> > apps, but that doesn't work either.
>
> I use Afterstep as my WM, WinXP in VMWare.  No probs here.

I'm running sawfish. kernel is 2.4.21. XFree86 Version 4.2.1. Don't know 
if any of this is relevant though. Their docs say they use X primary 
selection, and that's clearly working between other apps, so there 
shouldn't be much can stop it.

> Are you running the VMWare services in windows?

Yes, I've installed the tools.

> Something tells me that there is an option in the VMWare Services thingy
> (click on it in the taskbar) that says to allow or disallow clipboard sharing
> with X.

I've got that option selected, along with the grab/ungrab stuff which 
does work.

Cheers, Dave