On 4/11/2011 1:22 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> does it work if you log in as another user? > > So long as it is the same X Server. If you log into a different console > and then do a 'startx -- :1' (or :2, :3, etc.), then no it won't work. > If you just do a su or sudo su in a [gnome] terminal, then yes, it will > work. You should even be able to 'ssh -Y user at hostname program' from a terminal window to start a GUI program remotely and have copy/paste work as long as the windows on on the same display. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com