[511787] sporadic problems with pasting across synergy

BTS_msg_id: EMEW-l0DDOGa2bd25bdfcc21302fdb0b3f1f92175e5-20090114132040.8794.14671.reportbug@ra.ncl.ac.uk BTS author: Jon Dowland jon+bts@alcopop.org

Package: synergy Version: 1.3.1-5 Severity: normal

I run synergys on a debian/sid machine and synergy client (1.3.1) on windows vista. The connection is tunnelled through ssh (openssh server on Debian, putty client on windows).

Copying an item on the windows client and pasting it on the Debian server works only sporadically. Sometimes, instead of getting the buffer, I only get a single less-than symbol ('<').

If I hold down the paste keyboard modifier on the Debian machine, eventually the buffer contents will be pasted. Here's an example:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstablehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstablehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstable<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstable<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstable<<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=synergy;dist=unstable

I notice this usually when attempting to paste into a pidgin chat window. results differ for different applications; I have not noticed it failing when pasting into a gnome-terminal window, either from the primary or secondary selection. (the problem occurs for both selections in pidgin chats, but repeatedly middle-clicking is more tedious than holding down CTRL+V)

-- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages synergy depends on: ii libc6 2.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1 GCC support library ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxtst6 2:1.0.3-1 X11 Testing -- Resource extension

synergy recommends no packages.

synergy suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

epakai / synergy-debian

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