Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#2706 closed defect (fixed)
VB 1.5.6; Host: Ubuntu 8.04; Guest: Windows XP: Clipboard does not work
| Reported by: | Julien Lamarche | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 1.5.6 |
| Keywords: | ubuntu clipboard | Cc: | julien.lamarche@… |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
Regardless of the direction of the clipboard, it does not work.
I am using the following setup:
Virtual Box 1.5.6 Ubuntu: 8.04 Guest: Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 uname -a: Linux munter 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 21 23:43:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Attached is the VB log in all three directions.
Attachments (3)
Change History (10)
by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | virtualBoxClipboard-bidirectional.log added |
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by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | virtualBoxClipboard-clientToHost.log added |
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by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | virtualBoxClipboard-hostToClient.log added |
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comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
I have now installed 2.0.6. It is still not working. I guess I could try again switching clipboard directions, as in this bug: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2561
A colleague of mine referred me to "VirtualBox Guest Additions". I will check into that.
However, I would assume that if I see the clipboard preferences in (translating from french) "Machine -> Preferences -> General -> Advanced -> Clipboard direction", then the guest addition is already installed, no?
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
Right, I didn't realise that you didn't have the additions installed. The menu you mentioned appears whether or not the additions are there. The user manual explains how to install the additions, but for a Windows guest it is usually (!) enough to select the menu item ("Périphériques" -> "Installer les Additions Client...") in the Window the guest is running in and then follow the instructions in the guest. (That should actually be "Additions Invité"...)
follow-up: 5 comment:4 by , 16 years ago
I upgraded to Virtual Box 2.0.6 and added guest additions . Although the clipboard is set to bidirectional, I only get Host -> Guest working.
From Guest to Host, if I copy something from the Windows XP guest, it seems to clear the clipboard:
- Copy the string "aba" from ubuntu host
- Paste it in Windows XP guest <- "aba" is pasted
- Paste it in Ubuntu host multiple times <- "abaabaabaabaabaabaaba" string is obtained
- Copy the string "zxz" from guest
- Paste it multiple times in guest <- You is obtained "zxzzxzzxzzxzzxz" is obtained
- Paste it in Ubuntu host <- Nothing gets pasted.
comment:5 by , 16 years ago
Sorry, let me reformat that
I upgraded to Virtual Box 2.0.6 and added guest additions . Although the clipboard is set to bidirectional, I only get Host -> Guest working.
From Guest to Host, if I copy something from the Windows XP guest, it seems to clear the Ubuntu clipboard:
- Copy the string "aba" from ubuntu host
- Paste it in Windows XP guest <- "aba" is pasted
- Paste it in Ubuntu host multiple times <- "abaabaabaabaabaabaaba" string is obtained
- Copy the string "zxz" from guest
- Paste it multiple times in guest <- You is obtained "zxzzxzzxzzxzzxz" is obtained
- Paste it in Ubuntu host <- Nothing gets pasted.
comment:7 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
No response, closing. Before reopening this ticket, make sure you tried VirtualBox 2.2.2 (update the guest additions as well). There were several clipboard-related fixes.
Why don't you try a more recent version of VirtualBox? There have been so many clipboard fixes since then that it may well solve your issue.