LyX - cannot highlight text anymore

[rrohde]

LyX - cannot highlight text anymore

OS: Jaunty (2.6.28-7-generic)
LyX ver: 1.6.1

Got a problem that started recently: Each time I try to highlight some text within a LyX session, the selected text does not stay highlighted when I let go of the left mouse button...

Any idea how to fix this?

Cheers,
Rainer

[kennedy]

I've run into this in Gnome if visual effects are turned on. Turning them off cures it. It doesn't seem to be a problem in KDE.

[rrohde]

Sadly, I never turned on any effects in the first place. The problem went away for a while, then after some updates, it came back. But I did notice that highlighting with the keyboard usually works a bit better...

[espiritocz]

I know the answer. Just check the settings of your clipboard manager (glipper possibly). You just have to switch off the clipboard management of "Select using middle mouse button". That's all ;)