Firefox ctrl-a ctrl-c doesn't copy

[Walter_Wittel]

Binary package hint: firefox

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008031318 Firefox/3.0b4

ChatZilla 0.9.81 [Firefox 3.0b4/2008031318] (installed from Mozilla web site)

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

uname -r outputs 2.6.24-12

Repro:
1) Open a page such as http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#irc
2) Ctrl-a to select all text (with focus on document), then ctrl-c to copy the highlighted text.

Expected: Text is copied to the clipboard
Observed: Clipboard contents are unchanged

Other notes:
* Same thing happens in ChatZilla (folks on their IRC had me try it on Firefox - works for them on other distros / versions). First noticed the problem in ChatZilla.
* Selecting a single line or word works (selected is copied to clipboard), but selecting a paragraph of text has the same problem.

Let me know if you need more info. I just upgraded my release this morning.

[Walter_Wittel (wittelw)]

I have rebooted and this no longer reproduces.

Unless this rings a bell for someone (there must have been something else going on, some other process interacting...) it should be closed as not-repro.

I'll keep an eye out for the problem and reactivate if I can find a repro scenario across reboots.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 05:01:46PM -0000, Walter_Wittel wrote:
> I have rebooted and this no longer reproduces.
>
> Unless this rings a bell for someone (there must have been something
> else going on, some other process interacting...) it should be closed as
> not-repro.
>
> I'll keep an eye out for the problem and reactivate if I can find a
> repro scenario across reboots.
>

OK, thanks for the info. changing status accordingly ...

 status invalid

 - Alexander