Description of problem: Evolution kills the X clipboard when you open a new mail, so that you cannot middle-click-paste your selection into a new mail Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): evolution-2.6.3-1.fc5.5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Select something in an xterm, vim, web-browser window, xchat, anything. 2.switch to evolution which is already running, and open a new mail with CTRL-N or clicking on the New Mail button. 3. attempt to middle-click-paste your selection into the body of the mail. Nothing happens. 4. go BACK to your app, RESELECT the text 5. go BACK AGAIN to Evolution, bring the new mail window forward if it somehow slipped to the background, and now your middle-click-paste will work. Workaround (new mail, go to app and select, go back to evolution) is still unacceptable as it requires the extra back-and-forth trip no matter what) Actual results: mouseclick paste fails Expected results: middle click should paste what you had selected immediately prior to opening a new mail in evolution Additional info: This is highly annoying as it happens every time, requiring a round-trip back to the app and back to evolution again, EVERY time you want to paste something into a new email. Severity may be low/normal but annoyance is very high, as it's a time-waster.
The distribution against which this bug was reported is no longer supported, could you please reproduce this with the updated version of the currently supported distribution (Fedora Core 6, or Fedora 7, or Rawhide)? If this issue turns out to still be reproducible, please let us know in this bug report. If after a month's time we have not heard back from you, we will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Setting status to NEEDINFO, and awaiting information from the reporter. Thanks in advance.
it *appears* to work in Fedora 7. though I've only tested it briefly. I'll check back on this after I've had a chance to work with it more (F7's only on my laptop at the moment, not the desktop I use most) and give you a final determination. With any luck it's been squashed.
Thanks for responding. Just to help me track it, I'll leave this bug in NEEDINFO status until you report back.
Reporter, have you had an opportunity to check the sitaution with Fedora 7 (or even Fedora 8 released today)?
Fedora Core 6 is no longer supported, could you please reproduce this with the updated version of the currently supported distribution (Fedora 7, 8, or Rawhide)? If this issue turns out to still be reproducible, please let us know in this bug report. If after a month's time we have not heard back from you, we will have to close this bug as CANTFIX. Setting status to NEEDINFO, and awaiting information from the reporter. [This is mass-filed message to all open Fedora Core 6 bugs related to Evolution. If you see any other reason, why this bug shouldn't be closed, please, comment on it here.]
Since there are insufficient details provided in this report for us to investigate the issue further, and we have not received feedback to the information we have requested above, we will assume the problem was not reproducible, or has been fixed in one of the updates we have released for the reporter's distribution. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the latest update of their distribution, and if this issue turns out to still be reproducible in the latest update, please reopen this bug with additional information. Closing as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. {This is mass-closing of all obsolete bugs; if this bug was in your opinion closed by mistake, please, reopen it with additional information; thanks a lot and I am sorry for bothering you in such case.}