id = 759
title = "Copy&Paste does not work on VNC"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2021-12-05T09:06:28.094Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = ["GUI"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/759"
host-os = "Ubuntu 20.04"
host-arch = "x86 64-bit"
qemu-version = "6.2.92"
guest-os = "Ubuntu 20.04"
guest-arch = "x86 64 bit"
description = """Cannot copy&paste between host and guest when vnc is used (gtk works fine)."""
reproduce = """1. Build qemu 6.2-rc2 using the following `./configure` options:
```
--prefix=$HOME/.bin --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-kvm --enable-vnc --enable-gtk --enable-vte --enable-xkbcommon --enable-sdl --enable-spice --enable-spice-protocol --enable-virglrenderer --enable-opengl --enable-guest-agent --enable-avx2 --enable-hax --enable-system --enable-linux-user --enable-libssh --enable-linux-aio --enable-linux-io-uring --enable-modules --enable-fuse --enable-fuse-lseek
```
2. Run the above qemu command using vnc server. Connect to the VM desktop using `vncviewer :5900` where vncviewer is downloaded from [here](https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/).
3. Try to copy and paste something in the terminal between host and guest. It doesn't work."""
additional = """I'm following [this article](https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2021/05/qemu-cut-paste/) which says copy&paste is supported on vnc."""