#Clipboard Issues

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jolly echo
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I find this happens with most distros in general. I find the clipboard paste the thing before the last thing you copyed. ie it never copyed the last thing. whats the work around for this assume every copy and past is a password. this is a huge security issue. is there a work around for this? is there a way to clear the clipboard every minute after something is copied so that way it won't randomly clear it a few seconds after you copy. This has been an issue with every distro I know of for at least 10 years. Why is the clipboard broken everywhere? What package causes this to be an issue with just about every app? And I feel like a hacky .SH shipped with mint as an optional fix is better then no fix at this point. Though I might be willing to look into a good fix for this if someone can point me in right direction with this. Just guessing there isn't just one cause of this or it wouldn't be this broken everywhere I've tried. Maybe I'm overthinking this and there's an easy fix for this. If there's not much posting here for a while and someone wants to solve this please DM so I see it. I feel like a standard install clip board should only be able to store one thing at a time in a strict manner, oh is something copyed of same or other data type great clear the old stuff out of ram every time, that seems like a good way to not have this happen am I missing something. I can't be the first person to think this.

hollow fjord
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use ctrl-c and ctrl-v . don't use middleclick

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add shift into the combos above for terminal usage

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also disable clipboard manager from autostart if yiou have such a thing but never use it

jolly echo
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I often get issues with that. Mainly it will copy/paste things with extra characters. But either way is there a fix for the issue I said? if not what package is causing it this?

hollow fjord
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what are the extra characters?

jolly echo
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It's always to the same idk the exact ones this never happens when I want it to. Only when I don't. but if you showed me them I'd remember it.

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Even just a keybind to clear the clipboard would be handy.

hollow fjord
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is the characters backticks? such as in this sample ?

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' mark

jolly echo
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Might be but it would be more then that. let me see if I can trigger it for example. might take a bit.

jolly echo
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But in the meantime is there a way to key bind something to clear the clipboard?

hollow fjord
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that i dont know.

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if there's a linux command to do it, make a bash script with that command in it

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then in keyboard shortcuts, make a binding to that script.

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ideally put script in /usr/local/bin

jolly echo
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Do you know a free bind assuming I added none to system myself?

hollow fjord
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look in keyboard> shortcuts

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use whatever isn't there or just opt to reassign a less-important one

hollow fjord
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try the last one in terminal.

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then try pasting something somewhere

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presuming a few moments ago there was something in clipboard.

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if it works:
xed ~/clear_clipboard.sh

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then put in the following:

xsel --clipboard --clear```
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save the file

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u dont even need to move it out of userhome

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just bind it, and specify exact path

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oh and right click the sh file and properties: perms> allow to run

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i guess win+c would work as a shortcut (win=super key in linux)

jolly echo
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I'll get back to you tomorrow after I test all of that and duplicate the bug and see if it dose anything with that.

hollow fjord
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all working now, @jolly echo ?

jolly echo
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Sorry for late reply, my power went out yesterday. I'll try to get back to you later. and nope still broken.

jolly echo
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@hollow fjord Finally got example
^[[200~copyed link in middle~
Whats with the ^[[200~~ ?
Note not a new issue for me, at least 8 years of this happening sometimes, and on any system not any hardware in particular. there's a few different ones that are longer with the gibberish.

zinc goblet
zinc goblet
jolly echo
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wasn't on terminal on xed

hollow fjord
zinc goblet
# jolly echo wasn't on terminal on xed

when i first transitioned from windows to linux the number one problem i encountered is clipboard behavior, and same as you, i found that when you copy paste in terminal you get that "^[[" problem.

i searched and tried so many clipboard managers and tbh most of them are not doing good. then i found diodon, it works with any distro and DE i tried. until now i always install and use it. works fine just like windows, it just need little set up. I can help you to set it up

hollow fjord
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must be your region or keyboard settings, idk

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pasting i mean. never had issues. via ctrl-v, or right-click: paste

jolly echo
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USA keyboard and like she says pretty much every distro. like trying to copy something on a website 10 times and haveing to use every methiod more then one. like ctrl_V 5 times then right click copy 5 times and maybe it works. Maybe text has two encodeings like error code with like a smaller error number/letter text always always always fails.

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Like this really should have been fixed over a decade ago across every distro.

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I have been able to find stuff inicateing this has been going on for others for 20 years.

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Let me see if I can find it.

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the security issues could be fixed very easily be someone who knows the clip board system better then I do. When copying anything always clear clipboard. Cause then it fails and copys the password you were copying into a place you don't want.

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I would rank this as the number 1 security issue on mint as it's been going on for a decade plus and can leak your most sensitive info.

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Really any distro.

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This error on eBay for example will fail Like I state or anything ever like it in any app not just browsers.

Ebay_Error_Example.png
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And this isn't a me issue with just one pc. or just amd, just intel, or this gpu or that gpu etc it's the same on everything, as in not just one gen or whatever. I could get out something from 08 or 22 will always fail.

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@hollow fjord What is your's not USA?

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Though I don't think it's region related tbh.

hollow fjord
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?

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if u use VPN turn it off.

jolly echo
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what region is your keybaord?

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Never said anytihng about vpn?

hollow fjord
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US

jolly echo
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same

hollow fjord
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oh thought u were talking about some website things

jolly echo
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no anything like that

hollow fjord
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i can copy and paste all day til i die and never EVER have any issues

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on at least 22 different linux distros and windows 7

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maybe u have weird hardware keybd

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wrong model setup, idk

jolly echo
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But are you copying things like that ebay error cause I often copy thing with two text formateing like that and it breaks 100% of the time.

hollow fjord
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use mouse only

jolly echo
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fails on mouse same

hollow fjord
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what ebay error?

jolly echo
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the image I pasted as example of text known to cause error. but in general two formattings in one string = fail

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Not specific to ebay to be clear but fails most on formatteing like that. But can fail any time for anything mouse or keyboard copying.

hollow fjord
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idk what u mean anyway

jolly echo
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mean by?

hollow fjord
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look i copied this link without even a single issue

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and pasted it three times

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in text editor twice and in here.

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no issues

jolly echo
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yep same for me then 1/100 times it fails. and it loves to not do it for a week then will do it a bunch in one day.

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Could even go 3 months without it, then it's back.

hollow fjord
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check in ur accessibility settings. turn off slow keys, sticky keys, mouse keys... anything

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and disable the shortcuts that turn them on , if any

jolly echo
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and often either copys nothing or right things with something like this at start. ^[[200~~

hollow fjord
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must be ur hardware , g

jolly echo
hollow fjord
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i literally HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THIS, EVER

jolly echo
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I have.

hollow fjord
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used linux 8 years. different laptops. different keyboards.

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20 distros

jolly echo
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Let me find hold on

jolly echo
hollow fjord
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go to ur linux keyboard settings and check the MODEL and the REGION

jolly echo
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ok

hollow fjord
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to match ur stuff as closely as possible

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i dont think mouse has those model settings cuz it's just ... generic mouse hardware.

jolly echo
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is english (us)

hollow fjord
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u must be adding some horseshit app to ur system or background daemon that is doing this mess

jolly echo
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what would do that? I turn more things like that off then on

hollow fjord
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mhm

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idk try what gusaku suggested as clipboard app

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even middle mouse button paste works

jolly echo
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I'm probally going to but still want to fix this. as it's less about me more about new users giveing up because of a bug like this. try past into gedit and terminal as well. often fails on copy in one app past in another (not counting browser to broswer) i never do that so wouldn't know if it cause it there.

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Is there error loging for clipboard I can check?

jolly echo
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Am on xfce but I've had this with mate and cinnamon years ago. Note not same hardware I'm on now.

jolly echo
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Dose anyone know where I should post a bug report on this issue?