Bug 452086

Summary:	Clipboard copy/paste doesn´t work
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Roland <saubernix>
Component:	Clipboard widget & pop-up	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.18.7
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Roland 2022-03-30 19:43:14 UTC

SUMMARY
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Copy/paste does not work
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Copy a string, file ... with CRTL+C or mouse
2. paste it to the target place


OBSERVED RESULT
nothing is pasted, the clipboard seems to be empty

EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSUSE Leap 15.3
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.12.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Meanhwile I found out, that it reproducibly works, when I copy twice. The behaviour seems not to depend on a certain application. Therefore it seems to be a KDE thing.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-04-01 18:14:15 UTC

> Meanhwile I found out, that it reproducibly works, when I copy twice.
Aha, I remember this bug! Thankfully it was fixed years ago. :) I would recommend using a newer release of your distro (if available), or a different distro, so you aren't exposed to ancient bugs.

Comment 2 Roland Kreutle 2022-04-06 18:53:41 UTC

Hello Nate,

thanks for your reply. I´m wondering how a bug can remain in the distro
for so long. A newer release is not available, so I wait for it and use
the workaraound :-)

Thanks,

Roland

Am 01.04.22 um 20:14 schrieb Nate Graham:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452086
>
> Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>           Resolution|---                         |FIXED
>            Component|general                     |Clipboard
>              Version|unspecified                 |5.18.7
>                   CC|                            |nate@kde.org
>              Product|kde                         |plasmashell
>               Status|REPORTED                    |RESOLVED
>             Assignee|unassigned-bugs@kde.org     |plasma-bugs@kde.org
>     Target Milestone|---                         |1.0
>
> --- Comment #1 from Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> ---
>> Meanhwile I found out, that it reproducibly works, when I copy twice.
> Aha, I remember this bug! Thankfully it was fixed years ago. :) I would
> recommend using a newer release of your distro (if available), or a different
> distro, so you aren't exposed to ancient bugs.
>

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-04-06 18:58:45 UTC

It's because the distro chooses to ship software that is over two years old, and users choose to use it. :) There are other distros out there that ship software soon after it's released, rather than waiting years and years.