rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.

[Ondergetekende]

[Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.

[Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in Quantal has the same patch added.

[Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this thread.

[Test Case]
- Install Remmina
- Connect to a random RDP server
- Copy something on the client
- Paste it now on the server
=> Normally the content should be synced, but this is not the cause.

[Regression Potential] before Precise we had rdesktop as RDP client.
This client had support for clipboard redirection.
But as Remmina is now the default RDP client, alot of people are missing this feature.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Misha Bazanov (bmw-)]

It work in xfreerdp:
xfreerdp --plugin cliprdr <host>
Looks like it broken by remmina developers.

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

Upstream bug: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/13
Debian's bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=659755

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

/usr/lib/freerdp/cliprdr.so is being loaded, see attached strace (strace only includes the freerdp subprocess)

[Marian Kechlibar (marian-kechlibar)]

I confirm existence of this bug on Fedora 16 with x86_64 architecture. Very uncomfortable. Other than that, Remmina is just fine.

[LinU (linu777)]

I confirm existence of this bug on Xubuntu 12.04 beta 1 x86_64 remmina 0.9.99.1

[Jérôme Poulin (jeromepoulin)]

Confirmed in Ubuntu 12.04, remmina 0.9.99.1.

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 1574df1f8d8cb85ef44e25bb9318ad7a
CheckboxSystem: c541d13ea4f205f2fd751f76ed21105b
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
Package: remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-29 (5 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

apport information

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

apport information

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I'm too am experiencing this bug; I can't cut and paste text from Ubuntu to a RDP session.

Server-side:
You can see, in the attached-png-image, that the Windows 2003 server does NOT have clipboard mapping disabled.

Client-side:
Clipboard mapping is also NOT disabled in the RDP profile under the Advanced tab in Remmina's Remote Desktop Preference dialog.

Given this, clipboard mapping should be working, but it is not.

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I confirm this with Ubuntu 12.04 beta2 for both unity-2d and unity-3d.

[Ivan Volkov (volkov-i63)]

I also confirm with KUbuntu 12.04 beta2.

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

This bug is an important one for me. Not being able to copy and paste into (and from) the remote desktop really messes up my workflow.

There's not much time to get a fixed version into the upcoming release:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/countdown

[robled (robled)]

There hasn't been activity on the upstream bug report. I've resorted to using xfreerdp from the command line. RDP without clipboard support is useless for me. :sadface:

[Ryan Waldroop (ryan.waldroop)]

Wanted to add that the scroll wheel doesn't work inside of Windows' windows either.

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

Yes, I have the same issue with the non working scroll lock.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Hi!

The scroll issue is some other bug in Remmina.
This can be checked in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/952964.

For the people having the clipboard issue.
Is the clipboard working for VNC connections?

I'm working on a patch to implement Clipboard support in Remmina.

[robled (robled)]

The clipboard does work for VNC connections.

[Espen Krømke (espenk)]

I can confirm this bug is still present in 12.04 LTS.

[VesaA (vesaa)]

I can also confirm this bug on 12.04 with remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6 from precise-proposed. Please fix as it makes RDP almost useless. Thanks for all the hard work!

[Йож (kolu4iy)]

I can confirm this bug is present in xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

[Ivan Volkov (volkov-i63)]

Confirm on KUbuntu 12.04 LTS.

[William Griffin (williamfpgriffin)]

Also on Lubuntu 12.04

[ClutchGP (clutchgp)]

Confirmed on 12.04 LTS release with Remmina 0.9.99.1.

[Jérôme Poulin (jeromepoulin)]

Still not working on final.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

For people interested. I uploaded a package to my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~dupondje/+archive/ppa) which includes clipboard support.
This should work without issues. If you find some strange things or bugs, report them to me please.

[robled (robled)]

Clipboard support is working again with the updated version from your PPA. Thank you!

[Na_OH (naoh123)]

This has also resolved scrolling within the server as well; however Viewport fullscreen mode does not scroll when cursor is brought to the edges on high resolution instances, Bug #955018; most importantly, thank you, very much appreciated!

[ClutchGP (clutchgp)]

Dupondje PPA fix above has resolved copy/paste as well as scrolling in 12.04 LTS with Remmina 0.9.99.1, thanks!

[Snacho (snacho)]

Successfully built from git. Clipboard is working on arch linux. Thank you for the fix.

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

Will this fix go also updataes or proposed?

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I updated with the preposed package last night; it fixed the scroll-wheel issue (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952964) for me, but not cut and paste.

I just tested "cut and paste" again (right now); it is NOT working. I went to Remmina's help menu and "about" it says I'm running version 0.9.99.1.

So, the PPA fix is not in the proposed update that fixed the scroll-wheel issue.

When will all these fixes likely go official (so that the masses will get the fixes :) ?

[robled (robled)]

I've had a few segfaults with the new package from the PPA. Unfortunately I'm not able to grab the output from the crash GUI dialog that comes up, but I did get this from ~/.xsession-errors

(remmina:2124): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'
(remmina:2124): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

[crappiekiller (anthonyjoemiller)]

clipboard issue confirmed fixed with patch

[VesaA (vesaa)]

PPA fixed clipboard and scroll wheel. Thanx! But noticed one charset issue. All works when copy-pasting from Ubuntu to remmina RDP window. But when copy-pasting from remmina RDP window to Ubuntu, text with scandinavian letters comes likes this "\Uffffffff".

[Dmitry (c-make)]

Remmina is crashing now for me, when trying to make "Paste" operation, using fixed version from PPA.

[Joeri (joeri-liekens)]

I also experience the same crashes. I don't necessarily have to do anything, just starting an RDP connection and wait a few seconds replicates my issue...
I'm using gnome-fallback and compiz.

Errors seen using cli:
(remmina:5099): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'
(remmina:5099): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[alex (alejandro-garcia-lopez)]

Same for me. PPA version crashes from time to time (no need to be copy/pasting or anything like that). Any idea are this bug-fixes going to be made available on a stable release coming through ubuntu approved repo?

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

For the people that having crashes.
Please update to the newest version in my PPA.
If this still crashes, could you please send me a backtrace?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace

[Joe A (joeamoros)]

Greetings,

I added the ppa in Comment #28, updated/upgraded but I am still unable to copy/paste between host/server. I am able to use the mouse wheel though and no crashes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

My entire home and all office computers are Ubuntu. (10.04 & 11.10) They all need to remote desktop to a windows server. This cut/paste problem is a total show stopper for me. I can't upgrade any of my machines (about 10) until this is resolved. I know this post is not very helpful, but I need to follow this thread. Thank you everyone for your hard work.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I just tried the ppa as above in 64 bit 12.04 live thunb drive install and it now runs remmina 0.9.99.1 instead of v 1.0x, but the clipboard synch is still non functional.

[Brendan Lewis (sirblew)]

I just upgraded to the latest version in this PPA and the clipboard issue is NOT resolved. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 x64.

[Guigui (guigui)]

Just upgraded everything, I confirm the issue is still here. Really need this clipboard sync.
Using Ubuntu 12.04 x64.

[Pobice (robert-pobice)]

The PPA version does seem to solve my clipboard issue - but it is a quite unstable. I believe I may have restarted my machine after installing the update and before testing, but I doubt that should have made a difference.

[Julian Alarcon (julian-alarcon)]

The real bug tracker of remmina is now GitHub, this is the address of the bug: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/13

Can someone update the bugtracker from sourceforge to github on Launchpad site? https://launchpad.net/remmina/

[Carlos Alberto Kassab (laran-ikal)]

Remmima is very important for everybody trying to reach other compuer and now this bug it does it less useful, please assign it a priority, if i would be a c developer i would do it.

Thank you.

[Joe A (joeamoros)]

I noticed there was an update using apt-get, after I upgraded its been acting really weird. I uninstalled it and tried to install it again and am getting this, I know its not related to the original but, but its the original bug that drove me to update.

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 remmina : Depends: remmina-common (= 1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje2) but 1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje4 is to be installed
           Recommends: remmina-plugin-rdp but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: remmina-plugin-vnc but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Dmitry (c-make)]

I've just updated remmina to the latest version from dupondje PPA, it still crashes after copy/paste, now with this failure:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb2d9ab40 (LWP 4146)]
lf2crlf (size=0xb2d99f0c, data=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/remmina-1.0.0/remmina-plugins/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c:162
162 /build/buildd/remmina-1.0.0/remmina-plugins/rdp/rdp_cliprdr.c: No such file or directory.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Updated the version in my PPA. Should be fixed now.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

No matter which repository I use, Ubuntu or dupondje, the "About Remmina" always shows v 0.99.9.1. I have tried doing a sudo apt-get remove --purge remmina, which seems to complete without errors. I then reinstall it either from dupondje or Ubuntu and the version remains unchanged in "About". If I look in synaptic, it does show the version number I would expect it to. Also, in neither case can I get the clipboard sync to work.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I just tried installing krdc from the Ubuntu repos. I have Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit unity desktop and it works as expected OOTB. The clip board sync works properly in both directions from and to Ubuntu and Windows XP remote desktop session, where Windows is the host and Ubuntu is the local. Although it is a kde application, it doesn't look too out of place and it adopts the Unity window decorations and icons, etc. The main thing is that it works. I will experiment with it for a few days to make sure it's stable and if it is, I can proceed to upgrade all my systems to 12.04.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

So far the only thing it does not do correctly is integrate with the Unity launcher. It's icon appears there, but once the program is running, if you click on the launcher icon again it will load a second instance of the program instead of switching to the running instance. It also seems to lack the ability to map the host drive to your local session. There is no way to make it display window contents while dragging. It only shows the outline of the window like the old rdesktop applicaiton used to do. Most of these things don't bother me, except the Unity launcher icon behavior.

I should move this discussion to either the Ubuntu forums or open a bug on krdc for not respecting the Unity launcher. I applologize for getting off topic on what is a bug report for remmina but thought I should at least mention an alternative here.

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

I've tested remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje5.
Clipboard sync works, but is not 100% reliable. I've seen one crash
(when pasting), and a few instances where the clipboard isn't synced.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to reproduce the crash with gdb attached.

I'll start using remmina again for my day-to-day usage tomorrow, with
GDB attached. If I manage to trigger the crashbug again, at least I'll
have a backtrace.

[Jérôme Poulin (jeromepoulin)]

Just updated today and it crashed at least 10 times during the day:
...
registered device #1: jerome (type=8 id=1)
EVENT RECEIVED -> DATA: rDrd

SIZE: 12
FLAGS: 3
EVENT RECEIVED -> DATA: rDRI

SIZE: 56
FLAGS: 3
EVENT RECEIVED -> DATA: rDRI

SIZE: 56
FLAGS: 3
EVENT RECEIVED -> DATA: rDRI

SIZE: 56
FLAGS: 3
EVENT RECEIVED -> DATA: rDRI

SIZE: 56
FLAGS: 3

(remmina:30203): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'

(remmina:30203): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007fffeca4f329 in ?? () from /usr/lib/remmina/plugins/remmina-plugin-rdp.so
(gdb) bt full
#0 0x00007fffeca4f329 in ?? () from /usr/lib/remmina/plugins/remmina-plugin-rdp.so
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00007ffff55cfca2 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x00007ffff55e0d71 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x00007ffff55e9099 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00007ffff55e9242 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x00007ffff76caf05 in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00007ffff731ad12 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x00007ffff7024c9a in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x00007ffff7025060 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#9 0x00007ffff702545a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#10 0x00007ffff76ca25d in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#11 0x0000000000414397 in main ()
No symbol table info available.
(gdb)

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

Dupondje released a new version ( 1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje6), which solved
the crashes i had with 1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje5.

[rs232 (vincenco)]

Thanks Jean-Louis, This PPA works! I'll let you know if I have any issues. This even seems to fix my issue with the last version of Remmina and XP clipboard.

PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dupondje/+archive/ppa
FYI: to anyone trying this, once I added it to my updates, I had to pkill remmina and restart to get it to work.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Included a debdiff for Quantal.

[stolman (stoltin)]

The last patch from Jean-Lois works for me thnx!! I need remmina every day.

[Alexandr (olexandr-dmitriev)]

Thank you!

Will it also come to 12.04?

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I reenabled the dupondje ppa this morning and tried unistaling and reinstalling remmina. I still have no clipboard synch.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

As above, I tried a pkill remmina and a restart. cli;p board synch still does not work with the latest ppa version.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I tried erasing the remmina.pref file and started fresh. Now the clip board works sometimes. Sometimes it only remembers the last thing I tried to copy and I have to try copying several times for it to work. Sometimes it does nothing at all. It also crashed after a few copy paste attempts.

Is there any way to insgtall the old version of Remmina from 11.10 that worked properly in 12.04?

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Can you do the following:
1) Kill all running remmina processes
2) Start remmina in a terminal
3) Do some copy/paste actions, let me know what didn't work, and paste the output you got in the terminal.

Also if you had a crash, please send me the stacktrace.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

A not-removed g_printf removed in the code. New debdiff.

[Petr Sedlacek (piit79)]

Thanks a lot for the fixes, Jean-Louis! I'm using remmina extensively every day so lack of clipboard sync along with non-working mouse wheel was a major pain. Hope this gets accepted to Ubuntu updates soon.
I'm a bit dismayed by the lack of interest in this bug in upstream...
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Pete

[Alexander Strekalov (iakrevetko)]

@dupondje
Copying to the Clipboard in your ppa works in ubuntu but it does not work in xubuntu. xfreerdp works in both.

[Fabrizio (cattaneo-fabrizio)]

Thanks Jean-Louis,
your last update works perfectly for me (ubuntu 12.04)!
Thanks again.

[Na_OH (naoh123)]

Most recent release has brought back fullscreen viewport edge scrolling. Much appreciated, thank you!

[Justin Solms (justinsolms)]

Hi, I use 12.04, Remmina, RDP on dell latitude laptop to Windows XP box, MS Office 2010. The sync between copy/paste between my laptop and win-box copy/paste now works. Thanks Jean-Louis.

However Ctrl-C, Ctr-V, Ctrl-Z yield c,v and z respectively instead of their mapped functions. This before and after Jean-Louis' ppa update. Also mouse wheel scrolling is hugely magnified, the steps are too big.

Thanks again.

[Justin Solms (justinsolms)]

Further to my previous post. I did a remmina* purge, restart and re-install. I tried keyboard sync disabled then again enabled. I did notice that in settings tab Keyboard, clicking Host key, pressing right or left ctrl+"some_key" yields capitalised some_key as the result displayed. I now believe Remmina is not responding to my Ctrl keys and that is the actual cause of my Ctrl- key problems when working on my win-box.

If anyone thinks this post belong somewhere more appropriate; please advise.

Thanks again.

[Justin Solms (justinsolms)]

I have started to temporarily use KRDC and have noticed the same problem that Ctrl-C, Ctr-V, Ctrl-Z yield c,v and z respectively instead of their mapped functions. As I wrote before, this is to a win-XP box. I also tried KRDC and Remmina on another win-NT box and got the the same Ctrl-key problems.

However xfreerdp has no Ctrl-key problems. Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, etc., all work.

Thanks once more.

[prowla (0cs935kb517wwmwa7m9428daadkyev88fk76-d8f2-wz6bkyhu4uqpfausw0ege9b0y33ege6o4wzv)]

I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 10 to 12, and I use it within a VMware player VM to give a canned environment through to some systems (UNIX, Linux and Widnows) that I support.

One of the changes with Ubuntu 12 is the shift from tsclient to Remmina for remote desktop access to Windows servers. It's mostly fine, but there is one issue.

Double-clicking isn't working on the remote desktop. For example, if I double-click on the remote desktop's "My Computer" it just highlights the icon instead of opening a window. But if I right-click and choose "Open" from the popup menu then the window opens as normal.

To double-check that it wasn't a setting on the remote machine; I ran up my old Ubuntu 10 VM on my same host PC and connected in with tsclient (which took over my session from my Ubuntu 12 desktop), and double-click worked fine. I also connected from a Windows 7 VM and again double-click worked fine.

So it looks like this does relate to Remmina on Ubuntu 12.

Have I missed a config, is there a bug, Is this expected behaviour?

Thanks for looking...

[prowla (0cs935kb517wwmwa7m9428daadkyev88fk76-d8f2-wz6bkyhu4uqpfausw0ege9b0y33ege6o4wzv)]

Ah - I'm also finding that the mouse gets disconnected if the screensaver kicks in on the target Windows server.

My screen content is changing but I can't do anything. If I kill my session and go back in, I may not get my applicaiton back.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package remmina - 1.0.0-1ubuntu7

---------------
remmina (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/clipboard.patch: add clipboard support.
    (LP: #937522)
 -- Jean-Louis Dupond <email address hidden> Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:11 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hello! Thanks so much for the SRU upload, and for adding a test case to the bug description.

While reviewing the upload to precise-proposed, it strikes me that this is a very large patch which basically adds a feature. Its not clear to me that the impact of this missing feature is high enough to warrant an update. Its also not clear at all what the source of this patch is.. has it been submitted upstream for instance?

Can you please add the necessary "Impact" AND "Regression Potential" fields, as stated here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

And discuss the origin of this patch, and its status upstream?

I will leave it in the precise-proposed queue for now, please respond soon by adding the required fields in the bug description.

[Aaron Roydhouse (aaron-roydhouse)]

Thanks for reviewing the patch Clint. Just want to correct one thing; The update isn't adding a feature, it is correcting a significant regression introduced by the precise release (clipboard works fine in oneric releases and earlier). Also, for regular Remmina users the clipboard is an essential feature.

Precise is the first release in which Remmina is the default RDP/VNC app, so it is a pity if it spends five years being a significantly broken version and everyone having to patch it or replace it from a PPA themselves :-)

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

I do think this is worth an SRU; checking upstream, though, it seems that there are crashes reported after the clipboard patch lands. Have these been resolved in the package uploaded to proposed?

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

(Specifically looking at - https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/13 )

[Aaron Roydhouse (aaron-roydhouse)]

Thanks Chris, not sure about the other upstream issues, as I am currently using Jean-Louis Dupond's PPA.

I assume you are referring to this comment below. I am also using x86_64 with precise and Jean-Louis' PPA and have not seen this issue (yet, only been using it a couple days). But I understand if you want to wait until the upstream fix seems stable without other regressions before we update.
----
I'm unable to test this on Arch x86_64 latest remmina-git. Screen freezes and 100% CPU on host system with:
*** glibc detected *** remmina: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x00007f3cdc05ebf0 ***
*** glibc detected *** remmina: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00007f3cdc05fc00 ***
----

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

"Its not clear to me that the impact of this missing feature is high enough to warrant an update."

Clint,

This is one of the most important features I need and expect from Remmina. I'm having to using rdesktop instead of Remmina at the moment, specifically because this issue.

I'm eagerly awaiting this update to make the official repositories. I hope Jean is able to give you the fields you're needing to make this happen. I've very grateful for everyone's effort in getting the update to happen.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Hi All!

The first versions of the clipboard code contained indeed some bugs.
Some revisions were done, See my ppa version (1.0.0-1ubuntu6dupondje6).

After the last upload to my PPA some weeks ago. Nobody seems to have reported any crash anymore :)
This version is also in Quantal now. So you could test that package first if you'd like.

Anyway I think that missing clipboard support is something we can't leave this way.

[Alexander (slex-bi)]

"This is one of the most important features I need and expect from Remmina. I'm having to using rdesktop instead of Remmina at the moment, specifically because this issue."

I confirmed that syncronizing clipboard is very important feature. And I can't use rdesktop because it doesn't support TLS encryption. In this moment I haven't any posibilty to syncrhonize clipboard with RDP session.

[robled (robled)]

In addition to this one, there have been other regressions in Remmina since Oneiric. Here are a couple more that would be great to see resolved in an update to Precise:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/967376
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/944548

For Systems Administrators that use Ubuntu, not having a working RDP client is a show-stopper. For now I've reverted to the Oneiric version of Remmina using apt-pinning.

[urusha (urusha)]

Actually, for now there is no full-working RDP client in precise:
1) vinagre... well, just try it - it's unconfigurable and unusable at all.
2) no tsclient in repositories (can be installed
3) rdesktop - has no gui (except vinagre), and has problems with keyboard layouts (that could be fixed by manipulating keymaps ) and clipboard too (when it's in fullscreen - I can't find a fix for it)
4) remmina and xfreerdp - except other things mentioned earlier here, have another serious bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/1000356 (can anyone confirm it?)

All these things stop us from migrating to new ubuntu LTS. I think all these should be fixed and uploaded to current LTS and I'll be glad to test any suggested patches, like many others here, I think.

Thanks.

[[e-mail] (mike-papersolve)]

I am another person who can confirm the clipboard and scroll wheel fixes did work for me using the PPA version (although version string and copyright dates in Help->About need to be updated). Thank you Jean-Louis! And yes, this really represents a regression which should be fixed in an update to Precise.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

@Jean-Louis Dupond - you mention the following "After the last upload to my PPA some weeks ago. Nobody seems to have reported any crash anymore :)". How do people report crashes to you? Apport does not file crash reports about packages from PPAs and additionally it is disabled in Precise.

I also don't feel like Chris comments (#82 and #83) were adequately addressed.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Hi Brian

As you see some people reported crashes when they tested my PPA version.
I also got some emails about crashes with the patch.

All these crashes were investigated and fixed.
The PPA version has been the same now for almost 4 weeks, and nobody reported a crash anymore.
All the other people that reported a crash, confirmed its working now.

Also the crash in the github tracker has been fixed.

I'm using the version in Quantal for more then a week now, and no crashes.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

The most recent report of the double-free crash on https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/13 is from 19 days ago; is that prior to your most recent PPA upload? Was that prior to your fixes landing in trunk? Has the crash that user was reporting been fixed?

(Also, why is that issue still open? It looks to me like the code to fix it has been committed to trunk; is that the case?)

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Hi Chris,

The crashes reported a before some commits to fix some double free's and NULL cases.
So this should be fixed now. Last commit was 17 days ago :)

Anyway, I mailed both reporters to test it, and give me their feedback that its working now.

Also the bug is closed now in the tracker. (I did not have permissions to do it :))

[Sebastian Otaegui (feniix)]

Hi Jean,

I am very glad you published the fixes in your ppa otherwise remmina would be unusable (imho).

I personally have experienced 2 to 4 crashes.

I'd love to help you find the root cause and see if it is related to the clipboard fix or not.

What can I do to help you?

[Avery Ceo (avery-ceo)]

Just confirming again that this greatly affects usability for those of us who have to administer Microsoft machines

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Ok this has been in the queue a while and there is some discussion above about crashes that have been fixed for a while.

Jean Louis, can you confirm that this diff is the most current patch which addresses all the issues you know about?

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105697004/remmina_1.0.0-1ubuntu6_1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1.diff.gz

If so, then I think this may be ready for acceptance into proposed.

Not that this bug is still missing the required Impact, Dev Fix, Stable Fix, and Regression Potential fields in the bug description. Please add them re this process:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Thanks!

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

Hi Clint,

I confirm that http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105697004/remmina_1.0.0-1ubuntu6_1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1.diff.gz contains the last patch.
This is also the rdp_cliprdr.c version that is currently upstream.
With this patch I didn't receive any complaints anymore about the clipboard redirection giving a crash or other issues.

I also updated the bugreport with the SRU information.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Ondergetekende, or anyone else affected,

Accepted remmina into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Ondergetekende (kvdveer)]

I have installed 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1. I've worked through the crash scenarios mentioned earlier, and I can not reproduce any of them.
Copying text (the primary use case) works fine in both directions.
Copying files doesn't work, but it never has, so that's not a regression.

[Stefano Bagnatica (thepisu)]

I confirm that package in precise-proposed (1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1) works for me! Now I can copy/paste.

[Dimitrijj (d-pulim)]

I confirm copy and paste text work (1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1).
But remmina SSH and SFTP sessions screens doesn't coincide with remmina windows.
In the ~/xsession-errors:
(remmina:2191): Vte-2.90-WARNING **: Error reading PTY size, using defaults: Failed to get window size: Ошибка ввода/вывода

[Jérôme Poulin (jeromepoulin)]

Dimitrijj, this is completely unrelated, you will need to open a new bug.

[prowla (0cs935kb517wwmwa7m9428daadkyev88fk76-d8f2-wz6bkyhu4uqpfausw0ege9b0y33ege6o4wzv)]

Any idea when the release will be come official (ie. available via apt-get)?
I'm still having to stick with Ubuntu 10.10 and can't fully commit to 12.

[Adam Groszer (agroszer)]

1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1 RDP: copy+paste works

[Kyle Brandt (kyle-kbrandt)]

After:

sudo apt-get install remmina/precise-proposed remmina-plugin-rdp/precise-proposed remmina-common/precise-proposed remmina-plugin-vnc/precise-proposed

This bug seems fixed for me as well.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

As long as there are no regressions reported, the fix will be released to precise-updates on June 5. Thanks for testing everyone!

[Alexander (slex-bi)]

When I use 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1 first time in my Ubuntu session the clipboard doesn't synchronize from RDP to local. But after I once use synchronizing clipboard from local to RDP, the another direction starts synchronizing too.

[Alexander (slex-bi)]

In addition to my comment - I use Ubuntu Precise 12.04.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

When you connect to an RDP server, the client clipboard data is copied to the server.
Its not the server clipboard data that is copied to the client.

Thats totally normal, and not a bug.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

"When you connect to an RDP server, the client clipboard data is copied to the server.
Its not the server clipboard data that is copied to the client.

Thats totally normal, and not a bug."

I don't understand this statement. the clipboard has always worked in both directions until now. You are implying you can only copy from the client to the server, but not from the server to the client. Bi-directional copy/paste is vital for this feature to have value.

[Alexander Strekalov (iakrevetko)]

If I want to copy something from the server to the client, I have to copy something from the client to the server first, and only then from the server to the client and it's not a bug? I do not understand it either.

[urusha (urusha)]

I'm confirming the issue about copying from the server to the client. Actually, if you want to copy something from the server to the client, you just need non-empty clipboard in the ubuntu session (you don't need to copy something to the server).

How to reproduce:
1. Logout from rdp and ubuntu sessions.
2. Login to ubuntu.
3. Login to rdp session.
4. Try to copy something from rdp session to ubuntu.

If you fill ubuntu's clipboard with something after step 2, you will be able to copy from the server.

[Patrick Banholzer (patrick-banholzer)]

I'm still not able to Copy/Paste. Using 12.04 with remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1 of precise-proposed

"Servers" are Win2k8R2 and WinXP

[exactt (giesbert)]

I also tried yesterday using the proposed packages but didn't get it working as well...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package remmina - 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1

---------------
remmina (1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/clipboard.patch: add clipboard support.
    (LP: #937522)
 -- Jean-Louis Dupond <email address hidden> Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:11 +0200

[exactt (giesbert)]

on a side-note: Help->Info still displays version 0.9.99.1

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I saw the new update for remmina last night and installed it and clipboard synch worked as long as I put something into the clipboard from the client side first. I also used it this morning on a remote job site without problems.

However, once I got back to my office, I found that all clipboard sych was disabled in all my machines. These are running ubuntu 10.04, 11.10, 12.10, some are 32 bit, some are 64 bit. Also, I use terminal services client, krdc and remmina in various machines. They all worked yesterday, but none of them work today. All clip board synch everywhere is now disabled and I am dead in the water.......The server is running Windwos XP SP2 and all the clients are Ubuntu of various releases.

Any thoughts on where to start fixing this would be appreciated.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

OK, The one thing I didn't think of was that the one common thread in my problem was Windows. I have been having so much trouble with remmina that I just kept assuming Windows was fine. In this case, it was the Windows clipboard that had failed. It would not copy/paste anything within itself, never mind over a remote connection. Once I restarted my Windows session, every thing started working again.

Thank you for the fine work in resolving the remmina clipboard bug, it is usable now. The only remaining glitch is it should not need to have something in the buffer from the client side first. It never needed that before.

[Carlos Alberto Kassab (laran-ikal)]

Hi,

I am using the new Remmina version released and it work very good now.

The only thing is that i had to delete my folder .remmina in my home directory in order Remmina works with the copy and paste of the clipboard.

Thank you for fixing it.

Regards

Carlos Kassab

[Carl (n6rl)]

I have similar problems. Ubuntu 12.10, VNC, clipboard sync doesn't work properly.

I agree that a Remote Desktop Viewer has to handle copy/paste correctly in order to be usable. This is a very irritating bug for me.

Tried to install the patch but was unable to do so in graphical Synaptic. In order to install the patch Synaptic demanded to uninstall all other remmina packages, if I accepted that, after having applied changes, the program itself (as expecte) disappeared.

My current problem is this:
- local->remote: works
- remote->local: sometimes only the first char of the copied text is pasted (pasting again remotely correctly pastes it all, so it really is in the remote clipboard). But this problem is intermittent.
- in addition to that: selecting any text on the remote machine places it in the clipboard (very strange)

I have trouble with scandinavian characters as well:
- local->remote: char is replaced by two other ASCII chars
- remote-> local: char is replaced by \Uffffffff or similar

[Carl (n6rl)]

Sorry, my Ubuntu version is *12.04*.

[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

This is still an issue in 12.04 using remmina-common 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1 !!!

Copy/paste is completely broken when connecting to a Windows XP machine over RDP.

Linux damir-ubuntu 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

PLEASE FIX!

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

Damir Butmir:
This may be a problem on the Windows machine itself. There are 2 things to try.

First, put something in the clipboard by "ctrl-c ing" any random text on your local Linux machine before trying to copy from the XP box. If this works, then I agree, its' still a bug in Remmina, even if the dev says it's normal behavior.

Second, the XP remote clipboard in Windows may be hung. I have found this to be a problem NOT exclusive to RDP in Linux. It is also reported as a long standing problem in all Windows OS's when running RDP. Once you have the remote session open, run the Windows task manager (right click the task bar and select task manager) and look for the process rdpclip.exe. End task on this process and then at the top of the task manager window, click on File > New Task (Run) and enter rdpclip.exe in the dialog box and run it. Now try your clipboard and see if it is working.

If that fixes it for you, then it's a Windows problem. I have created a small batch file that I leave on the Windows desktop that I can click on to quickly end and restart the rdpclip.exe.

Place the following in a file called clipboard.bat
Taskkill.exe /im rdpclip.exe
Rdpclip.exe

I actually got this info from a Windows discussion site where many people who only run Windows were having the same problem.

[brian mullan (bmullan)]

As more FYI it might just be a Microsoft problem.. the following thread is recent and the people are using microsoft clients and servers and are all reporting RDP Cut&Paste problems

http://www.gfi.com/blog/copy-paste-working-remote-desktop-connection-whats-wrong/

There are several possible workaround one of which involves killing the rdpclip.exe "process" in Windows Task Manager then restarting it.

I also tried that but it did NOT fix the problem with RDP session Cut&Paste . Rdpclip.exe is ONLY used for Remote Desktop session redirection of clipboard.

Locally on Windows it Cut&Paste works between programs running on the same machine while you are logged into the machine.

But reading the above thread... my guess is this may end up being a Microsoft problem.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

That is why I made the batch file on the Windows desktop. Sometimes I have to hit it 2 or 3 times to get the clipboard to start working again. The other thing is to make sure you have something in the clipboard on the local side first. Just copy anything into the buffer from the local machine before trying to copy from the remote machine.

[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

I have actually fixed this issue myself locally (along with many other remmina issues) but just going back to an older version...Specifically, the packages they included with 11.10 as everything was working perfectly then:

As a work around I uninstalled all of remmina and manually downloaded
the debs for remmina 0.9.3. I don't have any issues now. These are
the files I installed for 12.04LST x64.

libfreerdp0_0.8.2-2_amd64.deb
libfreerdp-plugins-standard_0.8.2-2_amd64.deb
remmina_0.9.3-2_amd64.deb
remmina-dev_0.9.3-2_all.deb
remmina-plugin-data_0.9.2-2_all.deb
remmina-plugin-rdp_0.9.2-2_amd64.deb

You can download these debs from here,
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/amd64

Last after they are downloaded you should lock these versions otherwise they will get upgraded the next time you upgrade your machine. Install synaptic if it isn't already installed. Then follow this procedure making sure to lock all the files you manually installed,
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-lock-package-versions-from-synaptic-package-manager.html

[David Clayton (dcstar)]

You don't need any "-dev" packages, and you can the old packages from the Ubuntu site:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/remmina

Once you uninstall the current Remmina packages and then install the older ones you will have to log out of your Gnome session and then back in again to use it.

[The_ERROR (spam-trash-2)]

Seems that it is fixed oly half-way - clipboard is working in way remote -> local, but not in opposite way.

Package: remmina
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 353
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Luca Falavigna <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1
Replaces: remmina-gnome, remmina-xfce
Depends: libappindicator3-1 (>= 0.4.90), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcrypt11 (>= 1.4.5), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libssh-4 (>= 0.3.91), libvte-2.90-9 (>= 1:0.27.2), libx11-6, remmina-common (= 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1)
Recommends: remmina-plugin-rdp, remmina-plugin-vnc
Breaks: remmina-plugin-data (<= 0.9)
Filename: pool/main/r/remmina/remmina_1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 131108
MD5sum: 32a4e47b5c5da0f40336aa7e7c3fae2e
SHA1: cca4f170bd7ba55d785385c21aefa49a005d145b
SHA256: f219291799f3dd0c5da0674c4a6a53206943d0a9d1c21780f9ab7a78e1cc510b
Description-en: remote desktop client for GNOME desktop environment
 Remmina is a remote desktop connection client able to display and control a
 remote desktop session.
 .
 It supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistant user
 interface. Currently RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP and SSH protocols are supported.
Homepage: http://remmina.sourceforge.net/
Description-md5: ede6e83246f1eea7dfe2191738034796
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb

[The_ERROR (spam-trash-2)]

Just update about previous - Clipboard is working two ways on windows remote host, but on linux based hosts it is working only half-way, as I described above.

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

The quickest workaround for those who don't want to add other repositories or use unstable remmina-versions might be:

sudo apt-get install rdesktop

and you have the same effect - remmina then can transfer clipboard again. Seems to have the same effect as tsclient (which is not existent any more in the repositories).

[robled (robled)]

I've arrived at the rdesktop solution too. Sure, it's deprecated and all
that, but it's more stable than remmina or xfreerdp. It has other, more
minor issues with the clipboard and mouse cursors, but for someone who
manages lots of Windows systems it's really the only way to do it since the
remmina/xfreerdp regressions occurred.

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Martin Wildam <email address hidden>wrote:

> The quickest workaround for those who don't want to add other
> repositories or use unstable remmina-versions might be:
>
> sudo apt-get install rdesktop
>
> and you have the same effect - remmina then can transfer clipboard
> again. Seems to have the same effect as tsclient (which is not existent
> any more in the repositories).
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522
>
> Title:
> rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.
>
> Status in Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client:
> New
> Status in “remmina” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact
> that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.
>
> [Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in
> Quantal has the same patch added.
>
> [Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this
> thread.
>
> [Test Case]
> - Install Remmina
> - Connect to a random RDP server
> - Copy something on the client
> - Paste it now on the server
> => Normally the content should be synced, but this is not the cause.
>
> [Regression Potential] before Precise we had rdesktop as RDP client.
> This client had support for clipboard redirection.
> But as Remmina is now the default RDP client, alot of people are missing
> this feature.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/remmina/+bug/937522/+subscriptions
>

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

I meant: If you install rdesktop, clipboard transfer in remmina works again.
Am 07.11.2012 16:36 schrieb "NTolerance" <email address hidden>:

> I've arrived at the rdesktop solution too. Sure, it's deprecated and all
> that, but it's more stable than remmina or xfreerdp. It has other, more
> minor issues with the clipboard and mouse cursors, but for someone who
> manages lots of Windows systems it's really the only way to do it since the
> remmina/xfreerdp regressions occurred.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Martin Wildam <<email address hidden>
> >wrote:
>
> > The quickest workaround for those who don't want to add other
> > repositories or use unstable remmina-versions might be:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install rdesktop
> >
> > and you have the same effect - remmina then can transfer clipboard
> > again. Seems to have the same effect as tsclient (which is not existent
> > any more in the repositories).
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> > report.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522
> >
> > Title:
> > rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > Status in Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client:
> > New
> > Status in “remmina” package in Ubuntu:
> > Fix Released
> > Status in “remmina” source package in Precise:
> > Fix Released
> > Status in “remmina” package in Debian:
> > Fix Released
> >
> > Bug description:
> > [Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact
> > that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.
> >
> > [Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in
> > Quantal has the same patch added.
> >
> > [Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this
> > thread.
> >
> > [Test Case]
> > - Install Remmina
> > - Connect to a random RDP server
> > - Copy something on the client
> > - Paste it now on the server
> > => Normally the content should be synced, but this is not the cause.
> >
> > [Regression Potential] before Precise we had rdesktop as RDP client.
> > This client had support for clipboard redirection.
> > But as Remmina is now the default RDP client, alot of people are
> missing
> > this feature.
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/remmina/+bug/937522/+subscriptions
> >
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522
>
> Title:
> rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.
>
> Status in Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client:
> New
> Status in “remmina” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact
> that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.
>
> [Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in
> Quantal has the same patch added.
>
> [Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this
> thread.
>
> [Test Case]
> - Install Remmina
> ...

[robled (robled)]

That's strange! I thought that remmina uses xfreerdp and not rdesktop. I've just been using rdesktop from the command line.

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:45 PM, NTolerance <email address hidden> wrote:
> That's strange! I thought that remmina uses xfreerdp and not rdesktop.
> I've just been using rdesktop from the command line.

Maybe it's just one of the keymap files.
rdesktop doesn't install that much, but a lot of files into
/usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps

Maybe Remmina reads those (just a wild guess).

Regards, Martin.

[Michael A. Phillips (maphilli14)]

in 12.04 32-bit, I had rdesktop already installed. I did an apt-get purge rdesktop and apt-get install rdesktop and it made no change in remmina. I cannot use clipboard services.

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Michael A. Phillips
<email address hidden> wrote:
> in 12.04 32-bit, I had rdesktop already installed. I did an apt-get
> purge rdesktop and apt-get install rdesktop and it made no change in
> remmina. I cannot use clipboard services.

I am on 64-bit - mhm...

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

Don't ask me why - I did now find the clipboard not working again.
I did now also install freerdp-x11 and now it works again - no clue what the hack went on again...

[Stuart J. Holme (stuart-holme)]

I am on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, pretty up-to-date (I installed all updates two days ago, 12/19/12) and I have the latest rdesktop installed, and I think the latest Remmina (or latest as of 12/19/12), and copy/paste from within a remote machine and my local desktop, or between two different remote machines, does not work. Would love to see a fix for this get released soon, this is pretty crucial functionality.

[Stuart J. Holme (stuart-holme)]

Man I so *love* computers... So I just shut down and restarted Remmina and I tested copy/paste within a remote window- works, as before. Then I tried pasting to my browser on local desktop AND IT WORKED. So, um, great job guys! That will teach me to submit a bug report.

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

I noticed that the copy & paste works and then somehow refuses to work
and after Remmina restart it works again. So there is IMHO still an
issue here.

[Felix (signor-rossi)]

I'm using freerdp-x11 Version: 1.0.1-2ubuntu1.1freerdp1~1360+32~raring1
From commandline
/usr/bin/xfreerdp -encryption +clipboard /sec:rdp /u:xxxxx /p:xxxxx /multimon:force /bpp:24 /rfx /rfx-mode:image /gdi:hw /network:20 /keyboard:407 /title:dtp02 /v:dtp02

When copying to the remote-desktop only the first clip is copied. After I put something in the clipboard on te remote machine I cannot copy from the local machine anymore.

Copying from the remote to the local machine does work.

[Tim Passingham (tim-8aw3u04umo)]

I am on ubuntu 13.10 client, xubuntu 13.10 (headless) server. The client has Remmina 1.0.0.4 installed (confirmed with synaptic), although the 'about' reports only 0.9.99.1 for itself and all plugins which is most confusing.

The server has xrdp 0.6.0-1 installed.

I cannot get copy and paste from client to server, or vice-versa, to work.

I have tried the Right Control ('Host') V and C to no avail. It is most frustrating, to say the least.

Am I missing something or should copy and paste just work with this version?

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Using a fully updated Ubuntu 14.04, I've begun to experience this bug again lately.

I'm able to do copy and paste with rdesktop (logging into the very same servers where Remmina is failing to provide copy and paste between my remote sessions and local desktop).

Has anyone else recently began to experience this bug again?

[Tim Passingham (tim-8aw3u04umo)]

I have never got copy & paste between client and server to work with Remina. I'm also on up-to-date 14.04.

[Kari Haapanen (karsta62)]

I have the latest Kubuntu 14.04.
Recently all rdp clients began to ignore clipboard both ways. Remmina, rdesktop and KRDC as well.

[Sam (a-samuel)]

I've experienced the same thing on Ubuntu 14.04 and Remmina - copy and paste does not work anymore.

 Last week when the machines were first setup for the users, we did a demo for them which included copying and pasting text back and forth, this worked seamlessly, this week, this same functionality does nothing.

I've tried Right Control and switching the imput grab back and forth to no avail.

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

Same issue here - sometimes it works, sometimes not. After several
tests I found out, that when it does not work, it helps logging out
the remote session (instead of just closing the window leaving the
session running) and logging in again. After a fresh login it works
again.

Talked with somebody using Windows at his laptop and he told me he
experiences the same issue. So this seems to be a Windows-issue.

Best regards, Martin.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:
> I've experienced the same thing on Ubuntu 14.04 and Remmina - copy and
> paste does not work anymore.
>
> Last week when the machines were first setup for the users, we did a
> demo for them which included copying and pasting text back and forth,
> this worked seamlessly, this week, this same functionality does nothing.
>
> I've tried Right Control and switching the imput grab back and forth to
> no avail.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522
>
> Title:
> rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.
>
> Status in Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client:
> New
> Status in “remmina” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact
> that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.
>
> [Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in
> Quantal has the same patch added.
>
> [Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this
> thread.
>
> [Test Case]
> - Install Remmina
> - Connect to a random RDP server
> - Copy something on the client
> - Paste it now on the server
> => Normally the content should be synced, but this is not the cause.
>
> [Regression Potential] before Precise we had rdesktop as RDP client.
> This client had support for clipboard redirection.
> But as Remmina is now the default RDP client, alot of people are missing this feature.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/remmina/+bug/937522/+subscriptions

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[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

Guys, be sure to specify the EXACT version of Remmina you are still experiencing issues with....

I no longer had this problem when I reverted back to an older version (process described in my earlier comment) under Ubuntu 12.04. As well, this issue is marked as "resolved" so the developers feel the fixed the bug and presumably pushed out a new version.

If this bug is STILL occurring to you running the latest release of Remmina on 14.04 for example, maybe this bug should be reopened?

[Martin Wildam (mwildam)]

I am on Ubuntu 12.04, Remmina 0.9.99.1 and whenever I experience the
issue then logging off the session and logging in again solves the
problem. Another co-incidence with the problem may be (still not yet
fully analyzed) when TeamViewer is running in the remote session. This
might interfere with clipboard-synch-operations.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Damir Butmir <email address hidden> wrote:
> Guys, be sure to specify the EXACT version of Remmina you are still
> experiencing issues with....
>
> I no longer had this problem when I reverted back to an older version
> (process described in my earlier comment) under Ubuntu 12.04. As well,
> this issue is marked as "resolved" so the developers feel the fixed the
> bug and presumably pushed out a new version.
>
> If this bug is STILL occurring to you running the latest release of
> Remmina on 14.04 for example, maybe this bug should be reopened?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937522
>
> Title:
> rdp clipboard sync doesn't work anymore.
>
> Status in Remmina - The GTK+ Remote Desktop Client:
> New
> Status in “remmina” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “remmina” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact] This bug has been quite active for some time. Its just a fact
> that missing clipboard redirection is a blocker for this app.
>
> [Development Fix] The current remmina version (1.0.0-1ubuntu7) in
> Quantal has the same patch added.
>
> [Stable Fix] The patch for fixing this has been attached to this
> thread.
>
> [Test Case]
> - Install Remmina
> - Connect to a random RDP server
> - Copy something on the client
> - Paste it now on the server
> => Normally the content should be synced, but this is not the cause.
>
> [Regression Potential] before Precise we had rdesktop as RDP client.
> This client had support for clipboard redirection.
> But as Remmina is now the default RDP client, alot of people are missing this feature.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/remmina/+bug/937522/+subscriptions

--
Martin Wildam

http://martin.wildam.org/

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I confirm this bug, although repaired in previous versions of Ubuntu, is back again in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid.

Copy and paste between remote and local desktops is not working (again).

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

This is a critical bug in Ubuntu 15.04, should I create another bug report, or is this going to get seen?

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

I don't believe posting to the bottom of this bug report is effective. I've created a new bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/1439478