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My TightVNC Server on Raspberry Pi seems can not handle copy/paste between its and my local clipboards. What can I do?

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First install autocutsel (sudo apt-get install autocutsel)

Then open your /home/pi/.vnc/xstartup (nano /home/pi/.vnc/xstartup) and put autocutsel -fork on it like this:

#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
autocutsel -fork
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#x-window-manager &
# Fix to make GNOME work
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession

Then it will work after restart of the vnc server

To Stop VNC Server: 

vncserver –kill :1 (pick your display)

To Start VNC Server:

vncserver :1 –geometry 1024x600 –depth 24

Source

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Perfect solution, thank you very much (reboot was required) – sweetlilmre Nov 26 '13 at 12:16
    
@sweetlilmre, no, reboot not required if you manually run autocutsel -fork – SAMPro Jul 18 at 11:53
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I had to make sure my autocutsel comes FIRST in the xstartup for copy/past to work

# Makes copy/past work - must come before RANDR 'fix'
#vncconfig -iconic &
autocutsel -s CLIPBOARD -fork
autocutsel -s PRIMARY -fork

# Get's rid of RANDR missing errors
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession
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May I direct you to the formatting section of our help center? – syb0rg Jan 10 '14 at 4:29
    
Didn't need to be first on my Pi 3. The solution from @Ebrahim above worked (after I remembered to install autocutsel) – Luigi Plinge Mar 18 at 1:27

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