CentOS - Apr 2011 - whats the package that allows copy and paste between windows

What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
I think I need to yum reinstall it.
after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for 
example in thunderbird)
put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste 
the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.

Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
Thanks
Jerry

Jerry Geis wrote:
> What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
> I think I need to yum reinstall it.
> after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for
> example in thunderbird)
> put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste
> the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
>
> Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
> Thanks
> Jerry
you might be looking for gpm
Description :
Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the
Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system.  Gpm
also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and
includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a
mouse button.

At Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:34:06 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at
centos.org> wrote:
> 
> What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
> I think I need to yum reinstall it.
> after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for 
> example in thunderbird)
> put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste 
> the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
> 
> Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
No there is not.  The clip board is part of X11 itself -- if X11 is
installed (if X11 is not installed, then you can't run the graphical
user interface or any GUI applications like thunderbird or firefox)
then the copy and paste logic is installed (or at least the low-level
part of it, eg the clip board -- each application implements the higher
level part, including the right-click menus.

Not all applications talk to all other applications (for a whole pile
of reasons).  It has to do with the type of 'data' being copied and
pasted. Not all applications can copy or paste all types of data. Yes,
you can copy and paste stuff other than plain text and not all copying
and pasting is with plain text (almost all applications can copy and
paste plain text).  If you are trying to copy HTML text from
thunderbird to a "console window" (I think you mean a GNome terminal),
this is not going to work.  And you certainally can't copy an image
from thunderbird to a GNome terminal.  
> Thanks
> Jerry
> 
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> 
>                                                    
-- 
Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com
Deepwoods Software        -- http://www.deepsoft.com/
()  ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail
/\  www.asciiribbon.org   -- against proprietary attachments

Jerry Geis wrote:
> What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
> I think I need to yum reinstall it.
> after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for 
> example in thunderbird)
> put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste 
> the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
> 
> Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
> Thanks
> Jerry
> 
Try using Gedit as an intermediary for your copy-paste action. Copy in 
thunderbird, past in gedit, select and copy in gedit, paste in your 
application.

To insert/paste data from clipboard into a console/terminal, use 
<Shift>+<Ins>.


Ljubomir

Jerry Geis wrote:
> What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows?
> I think I need to yum reinstall it.
> after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for 
> example in thunderbird)
> put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste 
> the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.
>
> Is there a package that controls the clip board or something?
> Thanks
> Jerry
>
>
Sorry if wasnt explicit.  Take an even simpler case
I can highlight some text in firefox and right click and copy,
I then cannot paste that text into an email with thunderbird.
I get the menu item actually to paste but when I select it nothing 
populates.
I am certain I have done this in the past.

Lets leave the gnome-terminal out of the picture.

So I was wondering the if there is a particular package I could try 
reinstalling.
But it sounds like its "built" into X so I doubt it.
Anything else to try before doing a fresh install?

Thanks so much,

Jerry

> What is the package that allows copy and paste
>between windows?
How do you connect to centos? VNC?

If you're running vnc4server on the centos box, there's a program you
have
to leave running named vncconfig that allows clipboard xfer...