I think I have found a good way to reproduce the problem: ICAClient. It does not seem to directly use lesstif/motif, however: $ ldd /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfica linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f9d000) libXaw.so.7 => /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 (0xb7f05000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb7eb4000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7dc5000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7dc0000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c62000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7c53000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7c4a000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb7c32000) libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0xb7c1c000) libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0xb7c0b000) libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb7c08000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7bef000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f83000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7bec000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7be7000) Anyway: use any ICAClient to connect to a windows server machine. Then copy something from, say, konsole (using right-click then "copy" so that is goes to the clipboard, not only the selection buffer) and try to paste in a Windows remote application - try notepad for simplicity. It won't paste. However, if I go to console and use "xclip", it will work: $ xclip $ Then I paste it ok to notepad or whatever. Here are my klipper options: [ ] Popup menu at mouse-cursor position [V] Save clipboard contents on exit [V] Remove whitespace when executing actions [ ] Replay actions on an item selected from history [V] Prevent empty clipboard [V] Ignore selection % Clipboard/Selection Behavior (*) Synchronize contents of the clipboard and the selection % ( ) Separate clipboard and selection Timeout for action popups: 8 sec Clipboard history size: 24 entries I tried to change the options marked with % to see if it would work to no avail. kdebase: ii kdebase-bin 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 core binaries for the KDE 4 base module ii kdebase-data 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 shared data files for the KDE 4 base module ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 runtime components from the official KDE 4 release ii kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 core binaries for the KDE 4 base runtime module ii kdebase-runtime-data 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 shared data files for the KDE 4 base runtime module ii kdebase-runtime-data-common 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 shared data files for the KDE 4 base runtime module ii kdebase-workspace-bin 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 core binaries for the KDE 4 base workspace module ii kdebase-workspace-data 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 shared data files for the KDE 4 base workspace module ii kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 libraries provided by the KDE 4 base workspace module