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Since updating on Ubuntu 19.10 I have to copy a text twice to insert it. This issue occurs when I want to copy a password from a file opened inside LibreOffice Writer to Firefox.

How can I solve the problem?

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  • Is it everywhere or just few applications concerned (terminal, text editor, ...) ? Commented Nov 15, 2019 at 8:38
  • its with libre office writer and firefox. i have a passwort list with writer and i always copy and paste the data into the firefox account logins ^^ but what i found its not happening with the irc client HexChat actually. Commented Nov 15, 2019 at 9:02
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    I've read in a couple of places that it could be a Wayland problem Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 23:46
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    I'm having the same issue on tow systems with several applications, and i'm running X11 Commented Dec 16, 2019 at 16:47
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    I have the same issue too and it seems to matter little if it's in a native Ubuntu app or in a Windows Wine app. Coping two or more times, after deselecting and reselecting, will usually get the text to be copied but I spend more time doing that than getting any actual work done! This is a known bug with Ubuntu 19.10 which apparently uses a different clipboard than previous versions (I have no idea why a working clipboard was replaced by one that's broken) and I hope it's fixed soon. In the meantime, is there any way to install another, alternate clipboard? Commented Dec 30, 2019 at 20:34

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Same issue here in Ubuntu 19.10, apparently because of the new clipboard manager on the mutter 3.34. This bug already has been reported on launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1852183) and should be fixed in gtk3 3.24.13 and mutter 3.34.2.

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    How does one install the fixed gtk? Most things I've found online seem to be referring to old versions so were not clear. Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 19:45
  • @DonP Unfortunately, this was not fixed yet, even in mutter 3.34.3 version. The upstream bug is gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/919. You can add (at your own risk) the developer repositories in the software&updates program on Ubuntu and upgrade the mutter version if you like. Commented Feb 1, 2020 at 23:20
  • Thank you and it seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with LibreOffice as the original poster suggested. It happens in any application I use but it isn't consistent. Usually it takes two copy attempts but sometimes the first one does the job. This is a major problem that makes my work take twice as long as it should so, as much as I hate it, I may have to switched to Windows for a while so that I can get things done until this has been sorted out. Commented Feb 2, 2020 at 20:18
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    It does it with anything so changing apps won’t fix something that is clearly broken at the most basic level. Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 3:29

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