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Description of problem:
With RHEL6.4-20130109.1 and a Windows 7 VM, copy some text from the SPICE VM to copy to the RHEL client. Before you can paste the text to gedit in the client stop spice-vdagent on the Windows VM. When you stop the spice-vdagent on the VM, this kills the clipboard on the RHEL client. 

After the clipboard is wiped from stopping vdagent on the guest, if you right-click on the gedit area on the client, you still get the "Paste" in the gedit menu displayed like there is still something in the client clipboard.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.4-20130109.1

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See above.
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Actual results:
The "Paste" in the gedit menu selection is highlighted.

Expected results:
The "Paste" in the gedit menu selection is not highlighted.

Additional info:

Bill,

I think it should be mingw-virt-viewer responsibility and not vdagent.

Please test the same scenario with RHEL guest, and see if it has the same behavior.

Arnon,

The mingw-virt-viewer is not even used. This is virt-viewer on the RHEL client viewing a Windows VM.

Arnon, if I do the same with a RHEL VM, the "Right-click" menu does not have the "Paste" selection highlighted, it is grayed out.

Thanks Bill. So when vdservice (RHEV Spice Agent) is manually stopped, vdagent needs to send VD_AGENT_CLIPBOARD_RELEASE before it terminates. Right?

That seems to be the issue.  If the remote-viewer session is terminated, the Paste option is grayed out in gedit.  If the vdagent service is manually terminated, the Paste option is displayed in gedit, but there is nothing in the clipboard.

Created attachment 690800 [details]
vdservice stops vdagent via event

Simon, I mistakenly removed your pm_ack...

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0924.html