hi konsole maintainer(s), Alison, SAME BUG:
I also have this bug with konsole on Stretch: sometimes copies to "the X buffer" (this term assumes a single universal X buffer exists for a single X session; I'm just guessing) using mouse selection are ignored when pasting with the mouse. After selecting text with the mouse within a newly launched konsole, or selecting in firefox and typing "^C" ; pasting with the mouse in the buggy konsole works as expected. I first noticed this a month or so ago. Now is the second instance of this occurring for me. WORKAROUND: launching a new konsole gives bug-free behaviour in the new konsole, as Alison mentioned. (But this is annoying, because I have a lot of work going on in the buggy konsole.) DIAGNOSTICS: $ uname -smrov Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux $ dpkg -l |egrep "konsole|klipper" ii konsole 4:16.12.0-4 amd64 X terminal emulator ii konsole-kpart 4:16.12.0-4 amd64 Konsole plugin for Qt applications ii firefox-esr 60.5.0esr-1~deb9u1 amd64 Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR) $ free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 15G 6.0G 2.0G 1.7G 7.5G 7.5G Swap: 0B 0B 0B POSSIBLY RELATED: On my system, X session copy/pasting with the mouse, especially to firefox, requires waiting for about a second or so. Otherwise, old content is pasted. This has been the case for 6-12 months or so. NON-SOLUTIONS: Things that do not solve the bug: * opening a new tab in the same konsole does not solve the bug * Normally I use aptitude, not apt-get. I tried "'apt-get upgrade' in the konsole window" in a newly launched bug-free konsole. The selecting/pasting behaviour remained bug-free. * top menu: 1 Settings 2 Edit current profile 3 Mouse 4 Mouse middle button: 5 switch from 'Paste from selection' to 'Paste from clipboard' 6 Apply Selecting and pasting as before: same bug. * top menu: 1 Settings 2 Edit current profile 3 Mouse 4 enable 'Copy on select' 5 Apply Selecting and pasting as before: same bug. Cheers Boud