VNC Copy and Paste Remote Desktop Sharing Problem

[Devi0s]

I enabled Remote Desktop to my Ubuntu system via System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop.

I then connected to my Ubuntu system with the TightVNC viewer running on WindowsXP Pro. I was unable to copy and paste text from my Windows system to the Ubuntu system. I was also unable to copy and paste text from my Ubuntu system to my Windows system.

I also tried the RealVNC viewer for WindowsXP Pro. Again, I was unable to copy and paste text from my Windows system to the Ubuntu system. Again, I was also unable to copy and paste text from my Ubuntu system to my Windows system.

A friend who is new o Ubuntu experienced the same problem.

Could someone please tell me how to get text copy and paste working between these two systems over VNC?

This is a feature I can absolutely not live without; especially since I can not type. It would be a shame if I had to re-install WindowsXP on my Ubuntu machine simply because the Remote Desktop Client is able to copy and paste and the VNC sharing option in Ubuntu is not.

I really appreciate any help that you all are able to provide. Thanks.

[intangible]

Unfortunately, "vino" (which is what the Remote Desktop feature uses) does not seem to support copy and pasting properly. However, you are not lost , You just need to use an alternate vnc server.

x11vnc seems to do what you want, you get it by adding the universe repositories (http://ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories) It also performs much much better than vino and has many more configuration options.
By default it runs without a password, so make sure you get it setup properly to ask for one. If you need help making it start automatically with a script, let me know.

Also, the best VNC client and server for Windows is "UltraVNC" (http://ultravnc.sf.net). You should try it out.

[Devi0s]

Thank you for confirming that I am not crazy. I was starting to doubt myself.

In any case, I installed the x11vnc package, and yes, I'd love some help making it work automatically and functioning with a password identically to the way Vino does the same. I suppose step one is to diable vino.

Mind posting the remaining steps here? I am sure the community would benefit from this information.

I could also use some help installing autocutsel, if you agree that I need it to accomplish the clipboard synchronization that I am looking for.

[Devi0s]

I was able to get everyhting working. I posted how I did it here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...d=1#post235746

intangible posted an alternative using vnc4server instead of x11vnc here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...38&postcount=1

Here's where my information came from:
http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-display-manager

[intangible]

Here's a complete howto for running x11vnc for each individual log in session in place of Ubuntu's "Remote Desktop" I also included instructions for autocutsel

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=236053