Clipboard erased when quitting Blender #38674

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Garrett · 2014-02-17T10:57:07+01:00

Garrett commented

2014-02-17 10:57:07 +01:00

System Information
OS: Ubuntu 13.10
Linux kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic

Graphics:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] (rev a1)

Blender Version
Broken: blender-2.69-cc7cfd6-linux-glibc211-x86_64

Short description of error

When you quit Blender, anything you had copied inside Blender to clipboard is erased.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Open Blender
Switch to Text Editor and hit "New"
Type anything, highlight it and hit CTL+C
Quit Blender

Open any text editor, press CTL+V and the text will not be pasted

Here's a .blend file with (1) and (2) completed: clipboard_prob.blend

**System Information** OS: Ubuntu 13.10 Linux kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic Graphics: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] (rev a1) **Blender Version** Broken: blender-2.69-cc7cfd6-linux-glibc211-x86_64 **Short description of error** When you quit Blender, anything you had copied inside Blender to clipboard is erased. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Open Blender - Switch to Text Editor and hit "New" - Type anything, highlight it and hit CTL+C - Quit Blender # Open any text editor, press CTL+V and the text will not be pasted Here's a .blend file with (1) and (2) completed: [clipboard_prob.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F77714/clipboard_prob.blend)

Garrett commented

2014-02-17 10:57:07 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Garrett commented

2014-02-17 10:57:07 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Garrett-8

Sergey Sharybin commented

2014-02-17 11:12:22 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2014-02-17 11:12:22 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin self-assigned this 2014-02-17 11:12:22 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2014-02-17 11:12:22 +01:00

This is out of our control actually. We're only telling X to put something to the clipboard and unless some clipboard manager is hooked into your system you'll loose content of the clipboard on application exit.

It's nothing we can change here from our side, it's just how X works. Thanks for the report anyway.

P.S. Clipboard manager here on KDE works just fine allowing to paste stuff which was copied from closed blender.

This is out of our control actually. We're only telling X to put something to the clipboard and unless some clipboard manager is hooked into your system you'll loose content of the clipboard on application exit. It's nothing we can change here from our side, it's just how X works. Thanks for the report anyway. P.S. Clipboard manager here on KDE works just fine allowing to paste stuff which was copied from closed blender.

Garrett commented

2014-02-17 22:15:15 +01:00

Thanks for the explanation! I've posted a Q&A on Blender Stack Exchange to elaborate.

Thanks for the explanation! I've [posted ](http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/7108/clipboard-erased-when-quitting-blender-on-ubuntu) a Q&A on Blender Stack Exchange to elaborate.

Henrik Aarnio commented

2014-02-26 01:09:39 +01:00

Added subscriber: @hjaarnio

Henrik Aarnio commented

2014-02-26 01:09:39 +01:00

Apparently this could be fixed by complying to this freedesktop convention, the responsibilities of clipboard owner: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager
This ubuntu bug confirms that some programs do have this fixed, but also other major ones like open office don't: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334
Probably not a priority to get it working, since most linux distros come with a clipboard manager by default.

Apparently this could be fixed by complying to this freedesktop convention, the responsibilities of clipboard owner: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager This ubuntu bug confirms that some programs do have this fixed, but also other major ones like open office don't: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334 Probably not a priority to get it working, since most linux distros come with a clipboard manager by default.

Sergey Sharybin commented

2014-02-26 07:21:03 +01:00

Added a TODO note there: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Source/Development/Todo/Install-OS#Linux

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Clipboard erased when quitting Blender #38674

Open any text editor, press CTL+V and the text will not be pasted