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I have an annoying problem with clipboard that makes me sick.

I can only copy text when cutting it. I cannot copy with Ctrl+C; Also, applications sometimes cannot put text to my clipboard (eg keepassx) - they just clearing clipboard or so. I am not sure what causes this, could not find a solution.

My problem is not with terminal or a particular application, it touches all the system and all apps.

I have several input languages, English is at the top of the list.

UPD: Ctrl+A also not working. No solutions working.

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  • The same with right click, copy?
    – davidbaumann
    Jan 1, 2016 at 21:25
  • @davidbaumann no, context menu is fine (the only one way for me now)
    – Croll
    Jan 1, 2016 at 21:31
  • Does Shift-Ctl-C work? That's what it is in a terminal, maybe something is confused?
    – captainGeech
    Jan 1, 2016 at 22:04
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    @DmitrijA I know, but I have seen some applications that use Shift-Ctl-C for copy, and was just suggesting it. I understand that your problem isn't connected to the Terminal, just trying to think of anything that might help.
    – captainGeech
    Jan 2, 2016 at 17:21
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    ctrl+C doesn't work in KeePass if locate-pointer (press ctrl+F in DConf, then type it in) is set to true. This is a mono problem and won't solve your actual problem, however.
    – UTF-8
    Jan 5, 2016 at 19:41

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Here's a related link to a fix for gnome-terminal. It might work for you too though:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/18589/ctrlc-does-not-work-in-gnome-terminal

Courtesy of Soren:
stty sane
and see if it fixes the problem, also check if the intr is set correctly using:
stty -a
If you find that intr is set to something different than ^C, then you can also fix it by typing
stty intr ^v^c

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  • >" This did not help. stty -a shows "intr = ^C" ( without the quotes) "
    – Croll
    Jan 7, 2016 at 9:05
  • Also, Ctrl+C seemed to work when i enabled Caps Lock - i didn't notice this before, it worked with capital C. But then i entered second command and now nothing works again.
    – Croll
    Jan 7, 2016 at 9:06
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    Strange. What happens when you type the letter "c" in lower case and with capslock turned on? Also, what language are you currently in? Russian or Czech? I'm not 100% sure but i think S is C in Russian? Not sure if this affects the key config though
    – 16b7195abb140a3929bbc322d1c6f1
    Jan 7, 2016 at 9:09
  • As it should be, cC
    – Croll
    Jan 7, 2016 at 9:13
  • It's an english C. Keyboards are Russian and pinyin(but removed already)
    – Croll
    Jan 7, 2016 at 19:58
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Check your keyboard shortcuts. There may be an incorrect setting.

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  • I checked it System Settings, all i have is 2 custom shortcuts for Shift F9/F10.
    – Croll
    Jan 7, 2016 at 9:07
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That was the keyboard wasn't working. I actually had symbol ` stuck (always pressed) that was blocking specific shortcuts like Ctrl+C, Shift+Alt+* and etc.

Thrown it out of the window

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