On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:28:12AM -0800, Dave C wrote: > I've written a qrexec script which, among other things, attempts to place > something into the clipboard, using `xsel`. > > xsel fails, with error: "xsel: Conversion refused" > > Attempting to troubleshoot, I've learned that `xsel -o` can show the contents > of the clipboard, but `xsel` fails to set the clipboard. Both `xsel -v` and > `xsel -b -v` fail with the "conversion refused" messages. `xsel` works fine > when I run it from a terminal. The error occurs only when running via qrexec. > > For some context, if you're interested... I recently became aware of a > password manager with some interesting features: > https://github.com/renatoathaydes/go-hash. I'd like to modify it, so that it > both opens a URL in a VM, and places a password in that VM's clipboard. I've > got most of that working, except that I can't get the password into the > clipboard, because xsel fails with "conversion refused". >
It would help if you provided a copy of your script and some detail on where you are calling xsel, how you are handling it on the receiving side, and what templates you are using. Are you using the normal Qubes clipboard paste mechanism or are you rolling your own? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20181230133252.7ryqpl54gmbyybvl%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
