Clipboard works from Fedora 36 to Windows 10, but not from W10 to F36

[fhbartlett]

EnableClipboard is set to “both” on both machines; however, the copy function only works one way: From Linux to Windows.

Attempting to copy from Windows to Linux fails silently.

I’ve recently upgraded the Linux box to Fedora 36, and recently gotten a new Windows 10 laptop – but they both seem to work well together in all other respects. And I can transfer files from each one to the other.

I’m using NoMachine 7.9.2 on both.

I can’t recall having had this problem before … any clues?

Thanks!

Fred

 

[Britgirl]

We aren’t aware of copy and paste issues between Fedora/Windows, or working one way only.

Are you using Wayland, and what DE is installed there?

[fhbartlett]

Well, that’s encouraging …

I’m using Gnome 42 and Wayland.

This may be a Gnome problem: journalctl has hundreds of lines like

/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2401]: (EE) event3  – HOLTEK USB-HID Keyboard: client bug: event processing lagging behind by 28ms, your system is too slow

And thousands like

gnome-terminal-[4238]: void terminal_screen_shell_preexec(VteTerminal*): assertion ‘!priv->between_preexec_and_precmd’ failed

The timings seems to correlate with my attempts to copy and paste.

And I’m pretty sure my system is not too slow … Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16 core/32 thread 3.4GHz / 128GB RAM / 2 × GeForce 1080 Ti

[fhbartlett]

I rebooted the Windows machine again, and the problem disappeared.

I guess it really is true that one should simply reboot Windows whenever there’s a problem of any sort.

[fhbartlett]

The problem reappeared shortly after my last message, and has been steadily present since, through several reboots and a NoMachine update.

I can still copy test from Fedora to Windows, just not from Windows to Fedora.

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks!

Fred

[Britgirl]

We’ve not been able to reproduce. If you are still encountering the issue after updating to NoMachine 8, let us know. We can send you a debug library.

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