ubuntu lxde 18.04 and 16.04 virtualbox bidirectional clipboard sharing not working
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ubuntu with xfce (xubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional allows plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
ubuntu with lxde (lubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional does not allow plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
how can this be fixed for lubuntu 18.04 LTS?
note - this appears to be a serious issue, because it exists in lubuntu 16.04 also, as well as at least one other lubuntu 18.04-based linux variant I tried;
I have not found a lubuntu where it works; as if something basic in lubuntu causes copy/paste of plain text to not work
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ubuntu with xfce (xubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional allows plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
ubuntu with lxde (lubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional does not allow plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
how can this be fixed for lubuntu 18.04 LTS?
note - this appears to be a serious issue, because it exists in lubuntu 16.04 also, as well as at least one other lubuntu 18.04-based linux variant I tried;
I have not found a lubuntu where it works; as if something basic in lubuntu causes copy/paste of plain text to not work
virtualbox lubuntu lxde clipboard
asked May 4 at 9:18
jmarina
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what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46
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up vote
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ubuntu with xfce (xubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional allows plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
ubuntu with lxde (lubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional does not allow plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
how can this be fixed for lubuntu 18.04 LTS?
note - this appears to be a serious issue, because it exists in lubuntu 16.04 also, as well as at least one other lubuntu 18.04-based linux variant I tried;
I have not found a lubuntu where it works; as if something basic in lubuntu causes copy/paste of plain text to not work
virtualbox lubuntu lxde clipboard
asked May 4 at 9:18
jmarina
749
ubuntu with xfce (xubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional allows plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
ubuntu with lxde (lubuntu) on virtualbox and guest additions installed and clipboard sharing set to bidirectional does not allow plain text to be copied/pasted to/from the virtual and the host system;
how can this be fixed for lubuntu 18.04 LTS?
note - this appears to be a serious issue, because it exists in lubuntu 16.04 also, as well as at least one other lubuntu 18.04-based linux variant I tried;
I have not found a lubuntu where it works; as if something basic in lubuntu causes copy/paste of plain text to not work
virtualbox lubuntu lxde clipboard
asked May 4 at 9:18
jmarina
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edited May 4 at 13:16
asked May 4 at 9:18
jmarina
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asked May 4 at 9:18
jmarina
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asked May 4 at 9:18
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what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46
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what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46
what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46
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A variation of this answer worked. Specifically,
this fixes it for lubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg-video-abi-20 xserver-xorg-core
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
this fixes it for lubuntu 18.04 and derived variants:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
note - the last command by itself, sudo VBoxClient --clipboard,
was also sufficient to fix it for lubuntu 18.04 after guest additions installed. However, without installing anything with apt, so it might be worth trying first on other systems as well.
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe packagevirtualbox-guest-x11was missing earlier.
– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
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oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
A variation of this answer worked. Specifically,
this fixes it for lubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg-video-abi-20 xserver-xorg-core
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
this fixes it for lubuntu 18.04 and derived variants:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
note - the last command by itself, sudo VBoxClient --clipboard,
was also sufficient to fix it for lubuntu 18.04 after guest additions installed. However, without installing anything with apt, so it might be worth trying first on other systems as well.
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe packagevirtualbox-guest-x11was missing earlier.
– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
A variation of this answer worked. Specifically,
this fixes it for lubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg-video-abi-20 xserver-xorg-core
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
this fixes it for lubuntu 18.04 and derived variants:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
note - the last command by itself, sudo VBoxClient --clipboard,
was also sufficient to fix it for lubuntu 18.04 after guest additions installed. However, without installing anything with apt, so it might be worth trying first on other systems as well.
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe packagevirtualbox-guest-x11was missing earlier.
– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
A variation of this answer worked. Specifically,
this fixes it for lubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg-video-abi-20 xserver-xorg-core
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
this fixes it for lubuntu 18.04 and derived variants:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
note - the last command by itself, sudo VBoxClient --clipboard,
was also sufficient to fix it for lubuntu 18.04 after guest additions installed. However, without installing anything with apt, so it might be worth trying first on other systems as well.
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
A variation of this answer worked. Specifically,
this fixes it for lubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg-video-abi-20 xserver-xorg-core
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
this fixes it for lubuntu 18.04 and derived variants:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
if it asks you about keeping a file or installing the new one, press i to select the new one/package maintainer's version;
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard
note - the last command by itself, sudo VBoxClient --clipboard,
was also sufficient to fix it for lubuntu 18.04 after guest additions installed. However, without installing anything with apt, so it might be worth trying first on other systems as well.
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
edited Jul 29 at 7:12
Marco Altieri
12815
12815
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
answered May 4 at 13:39
jmarina
749
749
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe packagevirtualbox-guest-x11was missing earlier.
– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
add a comment |Â
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe packagevirtualbox-guest-x11was missing earlier.
– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
2
2
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe package
virtualbox-guest-x11 was missing earlier.– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
this has also fixed the problem where i was not able to see the shared folders from host on the VM. believe package
virtualbox-guest-x11 was missing earlier.– raghavan
May 31 at 13:09
add a comment |Â
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what is the host OS?
– bogdan
May 4 at 9:30
@bogdan host OS is windows 10
– jmarina
May 4 at 9:58
Had you installed the guest additions in the guest? Any errors on that?
– Takkat
May 4 at 10:07
@Takkat the guest additions installed without errors in the guest, and it is also a new install, with nothing else added, just the base system + guest additions, it is reproducible
– jmarina
May 4 at 10:34
@OrganicMarble no the user is not added to the vboxsf group, I just checked using this command: grep vboxsf /etc/group
– jmarina
May 4 at 13:46