Bug 513822

Summary:	KDE 6.5 breaks --watch option for wl-paste
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Paul Wise <pabs3>
Component:	Clipboard widget & pop-up	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Paul Wise 2025-12-26 03:45:43 UTC

SUMMARY
KDE 6.5 breaks `wl-paste --watch`

External writeup about this problem here:

https://gist.github.com/dikelps/7a487d566c3e97c9abe3957db6776a0b

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. sudo apt install wl-clipboard
2. run `wl-paste --watch cat`
3. copy "foo" to the clipboard
4. copy "bar" to the clipboard

OBSERVED RESULT
An error message is printed:
Watch mode requires a compositor that supports the wlroots data-control protocol

EXPECTED RESULT
"foo" and then "bar" are printed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 14 testing/forky
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2

Using the packages of KDE software from Debian.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Also verified the same happens on today's KDE Neon images:
neon-unstable-20251221-1147.iso
neon-user-20251225-1320.iso

Comment 1 Paul Wise 2025-12-26 03:49:48 UTC

This does not occur on Debian GNU/Linux 13 stable/trixie.

Comment 2 Paul Wise 2025-12-26 03:50:04 UTC

(which uses KDE 6.3)

Comment 3 David Edmundson 2025-12-26 23:07:37 UTC

We support ext_data_control_manager_v1 which is the newer standardised version of the wlroots data-control protocol