On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Hermann Josef Eckl <kommunikat...@regenpfeifer.eu> wrote: > Thank you, Scott and all here. > > I have tested now the situation on 4 computers and I can confirm, that the > gpaste-extension for the GNOME Shell interferes with LyX, so that problems > in selecting text occur. > > As soon as I remove gpaste LyX works normally. The gpaste extension > consists of 4 packages: gpaste (this seems to be the gpaste-demon), gnome- > shell-extensions-gpaste (the visible shell extension), gir1.2-gpaste-4.0, > libgpaste4. I am not sure, whether it is the shell-extension, that causes > the problems or the underlying gpaste-demon. > > It is still strange, that only LyX has those text-selection problems, > whereas all other programs work normally together with gpaste. Also LyX > worked fine prior to Ubuntu 16.04. In Debian 8.x gpaste has the version > 3.14-2, in Ubuntu it has the version 3.18.3-1. > > Anyway gpaste causes some other strange problems in Ubuntu 16.04. The > gpaste-demon seems to trigger an XORG-process which consumes extreme > amounts of CPU-power. So I would give the advice that gpaste should not be > used in Ubuntu 16.04; it can be replaced by Clipboard Indicator, which can > be installed online via the GNOME extensions website. > If this can be of any consolation, I've noticed strange interactions between LyX and clipboard managers in the past: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6780
Though nothing as critical as you've experienced... Livu > Thank you for all the help and best wishes, > yours, Hermann Josef > > > Am Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:58:35 -0400 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > >> On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 09:08:16PM +0000, Hermann Josef Eckl wrote: >>> Thank you very much, Jean-Marc. It seems, that you gave me an important >>> hint for the solution of my problem. >>> >>> I have installed the "gpaste"-extension for the GNOME Shell, which is >>> provided as a package of Ubuntu 16.04. >>> >>> It seems that gpaste has some severe bugs. As soon as I remove it, the >>> text selection problems in LyX are totally gone. It is a little bit >>> strange, that this affects only LyX and no other programs. Therefore I >>> never thought, that gpaste could be the cause of this problem. In >>> Debian 8 gpaste works fine with LyX and generally all programs. >>> >>> I will now test the situation on all of my four computers, where I have >>> installed LyX / Ubuntu 16.04. If the removal of gpaste also clears the >>> problems in LyX everywhere, then I think we have found the solution. >>> >>> Thank you so much, with best wishes, >>> Hermann Josef >> >> Good job figuring out the problem! First, it is not necessarily the case >> that LyX is not to blame. LyX could be the problem, or gpaste could be >> the problem, or other updates due to 16.04 could be the problem. It is >> hard to say. >> >> Hopefully you can make progress in identifying where the bug comes from >> so that you can report it to the right place so that future users won't >> have the same issue. I think that would take you a lot of time though. >> >> Best, >> >> Scott >> >> >>> >>> Am Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:22:34 +0200 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: >>> >>> > Le 08/06/2016 à 09:06, Hermann J. Eckl a écrit : >>> >> Currently I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - and am facing a very >>> >> strange an annoying problem: I have difficulties to select longer or >>> >> even shortes pieces of text with the keyboard or mouse. >>> > >>> > That seems very strange an annoying indeed. >>> > >>> >> If I am trying to select some text, the selection captures only >>> >> short passages and fails after some words or paragraphs, regardless >>> >> of whether I am selecting with the mouse or with keyboard shortcuts. >>> >> ALl other programmes (text editor, Libre Office etc.) are working >>> >> correctly and I can select text withput any problems. >>> > >>> > Do you run any utilisty related to clipboard (clipboard manager of >>> > some sort)? >>> > >>> > JMarc >>> >>> > >
