Done, thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Frank Batschulat <frank.batschu...@oracle.com> Sent: 26 February 2020 13:12 To: vbox-dev@virtualbox.org; Andrew Caldwell <andrew.caldw...@metaswitch.com> Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Shared clipboard support disabled on Linux guests in 6.1.4 (and trunk)
NOTE: Message is from an external sender Nice spot, can you please update Ticket #19336 (new defect) Linux guest: shared clipboard doesn't work (on fresh VirtualBox-6.1.4-136177) https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.virtualbox.org%2Fticket%2F19336&data=02%7C01%7CAndrew.Caldwell%40metaswitch.com%7C6ab5597845254def44f008d7babd68dc%7C9d9e56ebf6134ddbb27bbfcdf14b2cdb%7C1%7C0%7C637183194994779430&sdata=fYloUm8kkg3QcyrWKziiJjSWd3hBT1Zz6i4d58oGFao%3D&reserved=0 with your evaluation, if you don't have an account let me know and I'll update it on your behalf. On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:48:49 +0100, Andrew Caldwell <andrew.caldw...@metaswitch.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It appears that the code that starts up the Xserver integration for > clipboard handling is commented out, both in the 6.1.4 guest additions > and in the master codebase, the `vboxClipboardConnect` function is > wrapped in `#if 0 ... #endif` and the callsite is replaced with `int > rc = 0` (in place of `int rc = vboxClipboardConnect()`). > > This means that starting `VBoxClient -clipboard` spawns a process that > sleeps for 60 seconds then shuts down and provides no clipboard > integration whatsoever. > > This wasn't documented in the 6.1.4 changelog, and the way the code's > laid out suggests that this is a work in progress that's snuck into > trunk? > > A -- frankB Oracle Virtualbox Development _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev