Thanks for the info. It helped me to figure it out when using xterms. Here it is how to use the clipboard between a windows xp host and a linux gentoo guest with xterms:
On the guest linux xterm, put the mouse over the window press ctrl+mouse_middle_button; a window pops up. On this window, make sure the "Select to Clipboard" is selected; typically it is not. Now just highlight any text on the xterm and go to the host XP and use ctrl+v. The reverse also works. Do ctrl+c on the host XP and go to the xterm on the guest linux xterm that has the select to clipboard option enabled and click the mouse middle buttom. Excellent. I've got a fully functional gentoo linux guest in a windows xp host. Great work vbox team. -- Valmor > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:vbox-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pablo Sanchez > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 11:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] clipboard not shared > > On Friday 16 May 2008 at 11:29 am, de Almeida, Valmor F. penned > about "Re: [vbox-users] clipboard not shared" > > > > > Michael, > > > > I am not sure I understand. > > > > Does this mean that to copy the text sitting on an xterm in my linux > > guest, I have to highlight the text and figure out how to use a ctrl+c > > to copy to the clipboard? Or is this just not possible? > > In my example, I use Konsole. I cannot highlight the text and paste > it into the VM. Instead, I highlight the text and right click within > the window. Here I have the option to `copy' > > I can go into the VM and `paste' this text into my application. > > If I want to move text from the VM to X, I `copy' within the VM and in > my X application (let's say Konsole again), I right-click and select > `paste' > > If it's pure X, you don't have to do the above, you simply highlight > and middle-mouse button to paste. > > The difference is implicit (X) versus explicit (X <-> VM) > copy/paste'ing. > > I hope that helps. > > Cheers, > -- > Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc > Ph: 819.459.1926 Fax: 603.720.7723 (US) > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
