On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 16:41, b w wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've installed Mandrake Linux 8.2 onto a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop a couple > of months ago, and am finally getting a chance to play on it. > > One thing I've noticed: I can't cut and paste between applications. If I > cut (or copy) text, say, from Mozilla or KMail, I'll get feedback that I've > copied it... but when I try to paste into, say, GEdit or KWord, nothing is > inserted (paste is disabled/greyed out). > > What gives? Is there some configuration tweak I need to do? > > Thanks in advance, > > Bill > > BTW, I am SOOOOO thankful for Linux... my Windows partition took a major > dump last night, but I haven't seemed to miss it too much...
Windows TOOK a dump, or Windows IS a DUMP? Hmmm... Meanwhile, you should have a little clipboard icon sitting in your system tray - you should be able to use THAT for copy/pasting - otherwise, if your normal CTRL-C / CTRL-V doesn't work, something might be amiss... -- Thu Dec 12 17:15:00 EST 2002 5:15pm up 1 day, 9:37, 6 users, load average: 1.32, 0.72, 0.58 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | k�hn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Mulder: Eeenee meeeneee chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.. "The X-Files: The X-Files: Never Again"
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